Gœrsdorf Gerschdorf |
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Coordinates: 48°57′09″N 7°46′11″E / 48.9525°N 7.7697°ECoordinates: 48°57′09″N 7°46′11″E / 48.9525°N 7.7697°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
Canton | Reichshoffen | |
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• Mayor (2001–2008) | Etienne Martin | |
Area1 | 13.14 km2 (5.07 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 1,120 | |
• Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 67160 /67360 | |
Elevation | 164–463 m (538–1,519 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.
Gœrsdorf (German: Görsdorf) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune merged with Mitschdorf at the start of 1973.
Gœrsdorf is part of the .
Author and priest Joseph Kuntz was born at Gœrsdorf on 25 July 1850: he died on 7 January 1892. Between those dates he founded the journal "l'Elsässer" with his sponsor, Abbot Muller-Simonis. (The German language name of the journal recalls the fact that between 1871 and 1918 Alsace was part of Germany).