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Gambsheim Gàmbse | |
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 Gambsheim town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Gambsheim | |
  Gambsheim  Gambsheim | |
| Coordinates:48°41′35″N7°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 |
| Intercommunality | Pays Rhénan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Hubert Hoffmann[1] |
Area 1 | 17.38 km2 (6.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,312 |
| • Density | 305.6/km2 (791.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Gambsheim is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment andGrand Estregion of north-easternFrance, in the historical region ofAlsace.[3]
Gambsheim lies adjacent to a river-crossing into Germany that is favoured by southbound traffic on theA35 autoroute wishing to avoid traffic delays aroundStrasbourg. The crossing coincides with the location of a largeriver lock which, like the similar French-German cooperation project atIffezheim Lock, is also the site of a power station and one of theRhine's firstfish ladders. The latter was installed to support migratory fish in general and, more specifically, in an attempt to restore the abundantsalmon 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 beyondBasel for boats, but blocked it for migrating fish.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,142 | — |
| 1975 | 3,813 | +2.80% |
| 1982 | 3,948 | +0.50% |
| 1990 | 3,707 | −0.78% |
| 1999 | 3,858 | +0.44% |
| 2007 | 4,377 | +1.59% |
| 2012 | 4,572 | +0.88% |
| 2017 | 4,883 | +1.32% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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