Bischwiller

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Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°51′27″E / 48.766667, 7.857500

Commune of Bischwiller
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau
Canton	Bischwiller
Intercommunality	Bischwiller et environs
Mayor	Nicole Thomas (2007-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	123 m–147 m
Land area¹	17.25 km²
Population² (1999)	11,596
- Density	672.2/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	67046/ 67240
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bischwiller (German: Bischweiler) is a town in the Bas-Rhin département, Alsace, France, 23 metres by rail north by east from Strasbourg. The population (as of 2005) was 11,696 [1]. The 1999 census population was 11,596 inhabitants living on a land area of 17.25 km² (6.66 sq mi).

[edit] Economy

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Bischwiller has manufactures of jute and machinery, brewing and iron-founding.

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• Official website (French)