Soufflenheim

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Coordinates: 48°49′50″N 7°57′50″E / 48.83055556, 7.96388889

Administration
Commune of Soufflenheim
Location

Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau
Canton	Bischwiller
Mayor	Camille Scheydecker (2001-2007)
Statistics
Elevation	116 m–138 m (avg. 125 m)
Land area^¹	13.24 km²
Population^² (1999)	4,400
- Density	332/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	67472/ 67620
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.

Soufflenheim, despite its German name, is a town and commune in North-eastern France, in the Bas-Rhin département, in the Alsace région of France. It is also known for its pottery an is also known as Cité des Potiers

[edit] Geografie

Heraldic Potters sign on the ourside of a Soufflenheim building

Soufflenheim lies in the middle of a hilly forested field and meadow like countryside about 15 km east from Haguenau, 30 km north-east from Straßburg and 35 km south-west from Karlsruhe. 5 km east flows the Rhine river.