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Seltz | |
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 The town hall in Seltz | |
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 Location of Seltz | |
  Seltz  Seltz | |
| Coordinates:48°54′N8°07′E / 48.90°N 8.11°E /48.90; 8.11 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Wissembourg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Ball[1] |
Area 1 | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,168 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67463 /67470 |
| Elevation | 107–165 m (351–541 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Seltz (French pronunciation:[sɛlts];German:Selz) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment of theGrand Estregion in north-easternFrance.[3] It is located on theSauer River near its confluence with theRhine, opposite theGerman town ofRastatt.
The formerCeltic settlement ofSaliso near a crossing of the Rhine river was mentioned as the Romancastrum Saletio in theNotitia Dignitatum about 425. Later a part of the Germanstem duchy ofSwabia, EmperorOtto I granted the area to his wifeAdelaide of Burgundy in 968. Saint Adelaide establishedSelz Abbey in 991 and died here eight years later.
In 1357 EmperorCharles IV of Luxembourg raised Selz to anImperial city, after which the town joined the AlsatianDécapole league. It however lost itsimmediate status in 1414, when it was mediatised by Elector PalatineLouis III of Wittelsbach. Seltz finally was annexed byFrance in 1680.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,373 | — |
| 1975 | 2,570 | +1.15% |
| 1982 | 2,637 | +0.37% |
| 1990 | 2,584 | −0.25% |
| 1999 | 2,985 | +1.62% |
| 2007 | 3,189 | +0.83% |
| 2012 | 3,281 | +0.57% |
| 2017 | 3,235 | −0.28% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Église Saint-Étienne de Seltz was last built in 1954–6.
Ferry Seltz - Plittersdorf (Germany). The Rhine ferry Seltz - Plittersdorf (in France: Bac Seltz - Plittersdorf or Bac de Seltz) is a yaw cable (reaction) ferry across theRhine south ofKarlsruhe. It connects the French municipality of Seltz inAlsace on the left bank of the Rhine with the German village ofPlittersdorf, a part ofRastatt, on the right bank of the Rhine. The operator is the FrenchEuropean Collectivity of Alsace, the use of the ferry is free.[5]
Seltz istwinned with:
Obervellach, Austria
Santa Adélia, Brazil
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