Kilstett

Kilstett
Coat of arms
Kilstett
Location within Grand Est region  Kilstett
Coordinates: 48°40′35″N 7°51′24″E / 48.6764°N 7.8567°E / 48.6764; 7.8567Coordinates: 48°40′35″N 7°51′24″E / 48.6764°N 7.8567°E / 48.6764; 7.8567
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Brumath
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gabriel Muller
Area1	6.90 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,280
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	67237 /67840
Elevation	126–131 m (413–430 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.

Kilstett is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Inhabitants are known as Kilstettois.

Kilstett is positioned about fifteen kilometrees (nine miles) to the north of Strasbourg.

It has its own stop on the little railway line that connects Strasbourg with the German frontier town of Lauterbourg, and is approximately three kilometres (two miles) to the east of Junction 50 on the Autoroute A35, which is the principal north-south highway in Alsace.

In January 1945, a German counter-offensive intended to reconquer Strasbourg was stopped at the Battle of Kilstett.