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Gumbrechtshoffen

Gumbrechtshoffen
Coat of arms of Gumbrechtshoffen
Coat of arms
Gumbrechtshoffen is located in France
Gumbrechtshoffen
Gumbrechtshoffen
Coordinates: 48°54′21″N 7°37′51″E / 48.9058°N 7.6308°E / 48.9058; 7.6308Coordinates: 48°54′21″N 7°37′51″E / 48.9058°N 7.6308°E / 48.9058; 7.6308
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton Reichshoffen
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Fernand Feig (PR)
Area1 5.74 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,248
 • Density 220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 67174 /67110
Elevation 167–271 m (548–889 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gumbrechtshoffen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, approximately 18 kilometres (eleven miles) northwest of Haguenau.

On September 1, 1945, the villages of Gumbrechtshoffen-Oberbronn (Obergumbrechtshoffen in Alsatian) and Gumbrechtshoffen-Niederbronn (Niedergumbrechtshoffen) merged: Gumbrechtshoffen was the result.

The commune is positioned between Niederbronn and Haguenau, a couple of kilometres to the west of the main road that connects the two. It is traversed by the .



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