Gœrsdorf

Gœrsdorf
Gerschdorf
The Liebfrauenberg convent in Gœrsdorf
Location of Gœrsdorf
Gœrsdorf
Gœrsdorf
Coordinates: 48°57′09″N 7°46′11″E / 48.9525°N 7.7697°E / 48.9525; 7.7697
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
ArrondissementHaguenau-Wissembourg
CantonReichshoffen
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Freddy Cuntz[1]
Area
1
13.14 km2 (5.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
1,054
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
67160 /67360
Elevation164–463 m (538–1,519 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gœrsdorf (French pronunciation: [ɡœʁsdɔʁf] ; German: Görsdorf) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[3] The commune merged with Mitschdorf at the start of 1973.[4][5]

Gœrsdorf is part of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.

Notable people

Author and priest Joseph Kuntz was born at Gœrsdorf on 25 July 1850: he died on 7 January 1892. Between those dates he founded the journal "l'Elsässer" with his sponsor, Abbot Muller-Simonis. (The German language name of the journal recalls the fact that between 1871 and 1918 Alsace was part of Germany).

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 de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Commune associée de Mitschdorf, INSEE
  5. ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0027, 1 February 1973, pp. 1245-1247.