Geudertheim

Geudertheim
Gaiderte
Geudertheim Gaiderte
Commune
	The church in Geudertheim
	Coat of arms
	Location of Geudertheim
	Geudertheim Geudertheim
	Coordinates: 48°43′26″N7°45′19″E / 48.7239°N 7.7553°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Brumath
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Gross
Area 1	11.27 km2 (4.35 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2020)	2,631
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67156 /67170
Elevation	133–188 m (436–617 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Last updated November 08, 2023

Geudertheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

Geography

Geudertheim is a village in the Basse Zorn district, in the heart of the Alsace Asparagus Country, positioned halfway between Haguenau and Strasbourg. The Rhine and the German frontier are 15 kilometres (9 mi) to the east. Neighbouring villages are Hœrdt to the south, Bietlenheim to the east, Brumath to the west and Weitbruch to the north.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,450	—
1975	1,600	+1.42%
1982	1,755	+1.33%
1990	2,010	+1.71%
1999	2,243	+1.23%
2007	2,287	+0.24%
2012	2,310	+0.20%
2017	2,530	+1.84%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Notable people

General Georges Picquart, who played a key role in the Dreyfus Affair, spent his early childhood in Geudertheim. On 13 July 2006, almost a century after the exoneration of Dreyfus, the Place de la Mairie was renamed Place General Picquart in his honour.
Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg, (also spelled Schauenbourg), (born in Hellimer on 31 July 1748) died in Geudertheim on 1 September 1831) was a French general who served in the wars of the French Revolution and the Empire.

Landmarks

The Protestant church dates from 1842: the church tower is from the twelfth century, however.
The Roman Catholic Church dates from 1900. Attached to it is the fifteenth-century funerary chapel of the Schauenbourg family along with a fifteenth-century tabernacle considered one of the most beautiful in Alsace.
Castle Schauenbourg.
A mill on the river Zorn.

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References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
↑ INSEE commune file
↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Official Website of Geudertheim

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2020-2] "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.

[3] INSEE commune file

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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