Hinsbourg

Hinsbourg
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Hinsbourg

Coordinates: 48°54′24″N 7°17′30″E / 48.9067°N 7.2917°E / 48.9067; 7.2917Coordinates: 48°54′24″N 7°17′30″E / 48.9067°N 7.2917°E / 48.9067; 7.2917
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Saverne
Canton Ingwiller
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Gilbert Reutenauer
Area1 3.28 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 118
 • Density 36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 67198 / 67290
Elevation 247–390 m (810–1,280 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hinsbourg (German: Hinsburg) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

Hinsbourg is positioned in the north of Alsace, some thirty kilometres (eighteen miles) through twisting mostly wooded roads to the north of Saverne, and within the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve.

Surrounding communes are Puberg to the northeast, Zittersheim to the east, La Petite-Pierre to the southeast, Struth to the southwest and Frohmuhl to the west.

See also

References

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