Souffelweyersheim
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 48°38′08″N 7°44′30″E / 48.6356°N 7.7417°ECoordinates: 48°38′08″N 7°44′30″E / 48.6356°N 7.7417°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg | |
| Canton | Hœnheim | |
| Intercommunality | Strasbourg | |
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| • Mayor (2009–Present) | Pierre Perrin | |
| Area1 | 4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 6,281 | |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67471 / | |
| Elevation | 133–153 m (436–502 ft) | |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Souffelweyersheim (pronounced /su.fœl.vaj.œr.sajm/, German: Suffelweyersheim) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, and is part of metropolitan Strasbourg.
Souffelweyersheim means: the village on the pond of Souffel. Souffel (the Souffel river) + Weyer (the pond) + S (of) + Heim (hamlet, village)
Locally the name is shortened and the village is called Souffel.
The village covers an area of 451 hectares (1114 acres), and is located 6 km (3¾ miles) north of Strasbourg at an altitude of 140 metres (460 ft). Located in the plain of Alsace, between the massifs of the Vosges and the Black Forest, the plain is bisected by the Souffel river from which the village takes its name. This river rises in Kuttolsheim and joins the Ill river, a tributary of the Rhine, a little south of Wantzenau after flowing 27 km (17 mi).
In 1790, the formerly common pasture meadows were subdivided, and sections were given to Souffelweyersheim, Hoenheim, Bischheim, Adelshoffen and Schiltigheim.
In 1792, Austria and Prussia began hostilities against France. From October to December 1793, engagements between the troops of the French Republic and the Austro-Prussian alliance centered on a front near Hoenheim – Griesheim-sur-Souffel – Dingsheim before the Austro-Prussian troops were pushed back out of Alsace in January 1794.
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