Gunstett

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Commune
The wash house in the Sauer river in Gunstett
Coat of arms
Location of Gunstett
Gunstett Show map of France Gunstett Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°54′56″N7°45′53″E / 48.9156°N 7.7647°E / 48.9156; 7.7647
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Reichshoffen
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Monique Meyer [1]
Area 1	6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	621
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67177 /67360
Elevation	152–222 m (499–728 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

The village is positioned slightly to the east of the Departmental Road RD27, a short distance north of Haguenau. The surrounding countryside is dominated by arable agriculture: the soil type is alluvial, reflecting the proximity of the river Rhine to the east.

Neighbouring villages are Oberdorf to the north, Biblisheim to the south-east, Durrenbach to the south, Morsbronn-les-Bains to the south-south-west and the formerly independent commune of Eberbach-Woerth to the West.

Points of interest

• The Pear Conservation Orchard comprises 300 trees of 250 different varieties.
• St Michael's Church contains an organ built in 1857 by Seltz organ builder Joseph Stiehr.
• Public wash house.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file