Erstein
Eerstain
The town hall in Erstein
The town hall in Erstein
Coat of arms of Erstein
Location of Erstein
Erstein is located in France
Erstein
Erstein
Erstein is located in Grand Est
Erstein
Erstein
Coordinates: 48°25′N 7°40′E / 48.42°N 7.66°E / 48.42; 7.66
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
ArrondissementSélestat-Erstein
CantonErstein
IntercommunalityCC Canton d'Erstein
Government
  Mayor (20222026) Benoît Dintrich[1]
Area
1
36.22 km2 (13.98 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
10,887
  Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
67130 /67150
Elevation147–157 m (482–515 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Erstein (German pronunciation: [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaɪ̯n], French: [ɛʁʃtajn] ; Alemannic: Eerstain) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, in the region of Grand Est, France.[3]

History

An important necropolis from the Merovingian era (6th-7th century) has been excavated near Erstein in 1999–2000.[4]

Erstein was known in Alsace in the Middle Age for its canonesses monastery, founded in the 9th century and abandoned in 1422. The buildings were destroyed in the 16th and 19th centuries.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,504    
1800 2,344−0.94%
1806 3,168+5.15%
1821 3,440+0.55%
1831 3,613+0.49%
1836 3,564−0.27%
1841 3,445−0.68%
1846 3,585+0.80%
1851 3,688+0.57%
1856 3,604−0.46%
1861 3,705+0.55%
1866 3,899+1.03%
1871 3,703−1.03%
1875 3,662−0.28%
1880 4,127+2.42%
1885 4,378+1.19%
1890 4,807+1.89%
1895 5,270+1.86%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1900 5,593+1.20%
1905 5,837+0.86%
1910 6,061+0.76%
1921 5,485−0.90%
1926 5,549+0.23%
1931 5,649+0.36%
1936 5,640−0.03%
1946 5,539−0.18%
1954 5,747+0.46%
1962 6,165+0.88%
1968 6,288+0.33%
1975 7,434+2.42%
1982 8,095+1.22%
1990 8,600+0.76%
1999 9,664+1.30%
2007 9,971+0.39%
2012 10,764+1.54%
2017 10,630−0.25%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Twin towns

People

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. Médard, Fabienne (2006). "La nécropole mérovingienne d'Erstein (Bas-Rhin) : étude des textiles minéralisés au contact des fibules". Revue archéologique de l'Est. 55.
  5. Base Mérimée: Abbaye de chanoinesses Sainte-Cécile, Saint-Sixte, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Erstein, EHESS (in French).
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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