Gumbrechtshoffen

Gumbrechtshoffen
Coat of arms of Gumbrechtshoffen Coat of arms
Gumbrechtshoffen
Location within Alsace region Gumbrechtshoffen
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Reichshoffen
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Fernand Feig (PR)
Area1	5.74 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,248
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67174 / 67110
Elevation	167–271 m (548–889 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.

Gumbrechtshoffen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France, approximately 18 kilometres (eleven miles) northwest of Haguenau.

On September 1, 1945, the villages of Gumbrechtshoffen-Oberbronn (Obergumbrechtshoffen in Alsatian) and Gumbrechtshoffen-Niederbronn (Niedergumbrechtshoffen) merged: Gumbrechtshoffen was the result.

Geography

The commune is positioned between Niederbronn and Haguenau, a couple of kilometres to the west of the main road that connects the two. It is traversed by the River Zinsel.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file