Hœrdt

Hœrdt Herdt
Coat of arms
Hœrdt
Location within Alsace region Hœrdt
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Brumath
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Alfred Maechling
Area1	16.56 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,432
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67205 / 67720
Elevation	128–139 m (420–456 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.

Hœrdt (French pronunciation: ​[œʁt]; German: Hördt) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Geography

Hœrdt is positioned between Strasbourg and Haguenau, a short distance to the south-east of Brumath. The commune is traversed by departmental road RD 37 which leads to Bischwiller some ten kilometres (six miles) to the north and from where it is possible to access the Autoroute A35 north-south autoroute connecting Strasbourg with Ludwigshafen (subject to a ten-minute stretch on single carriageway road to the north of the frontier). Hœrdt is also served by a local rail service.

Economy

Agriculture is important to the local economy: the main crop is, famously, asparagus.

Sport

Sports lovers are served by various facilities:

• Strasbourg-Hoerdt Horse racing circuit
• Municipal football stadium and culture centre
• Table tennis: The Hœrdt Table Tennis association, enjoys enthusiastic support locally. It is affiliated to the FFTT (French Table Tennis federation).

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file