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Hœrdt Herdt | |
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 The town hall in Hœrdt | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hœrdt | |
  Hœrdt  Hœrdt | |
| Coordinates:48°41′50″N7°47′04″E / 48.6972°N 7.7844°E /48.6972; 7.7844 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Brumath |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Denis Riedinger[1] |
Area 1 | 16.56 km2 (6.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,557 |
| • Density | 275.2/km2 (712.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67205 /67720 |
| Elevation | 128–139 m (420–456 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Hœrdt (French pronunciation:[œʁt];German:Hördt) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.[3]
Hœrdt is positioned betweenStrasbourg andHaguenau, a short distance to the south-east ofBrumath. The commune is traversed by departmental road RD 37 which leads toBischwiller some ten kilometres (six miles) to the north and from where it is possible to access theAutoroute A35 north-south autoroute connectingStrasbourg withLudwigshafen (subject to a ten-minute stretch on single carriageway road to the north of the frontier). Hœrdt is also served by a local rail service.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,819 | — |
| 1975 | 3,792 | −0.10% |
| 1982 | 3,699 | −0.35% |
| 1990 | 3,836 | +0.46% |
| 1999 | 4,123 | +0.80% |
| 2007 | 4,429 | +0.90% |
| 2012 | 4,408 | −0.10% |
| 2017 | 4,370 | −0.17% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Agriculture is important to the local economy: the main crop is, famously,asparagus.
Sports lovers are served by various facilities:
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