Gambsheim

Gambsheim
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Gambsheim

Coordinates: 48°41′35″N 7°53′03″E / 48.6931°N 7.8842°E / 48.6931; 7.8842Coordinates: 48°41′35″N 7°53′03″E / 48.6931°N 7.8842°E / 48.6931; 7.8842
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton Brumath
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Hubert Hoffmann
Area1 17.38 km2 (6.71 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 4,352
  Density 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 67151 / 67760
Elevation 126–131 m (413–430 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.
Town hall

Gambsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

It is adjacent to a river crossing into Germany that is favoured by southbound autoroute traffic wishing to avoid traffic delays around Strasbourg. The road crossing the river coincides with a large lock which is also the site of one of the Rhine's first fish ladders installed to support migratory fish in general and, more specifically, to try and restore the abundant salmon population for which the upper Rhine was famous before the early 20th century, when the installation of a series of locks rendered the river navigable beyond Basel for boats, but blocked it for migrating fish.

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References

  1. Patrimoine - La mairie;
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