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Kilstett | |
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 The town hall in Kilstett | |
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| Coordinates:48°40′35″N7°51′24″E / 48.6764°N 7.8567°E /48.6764; 7.8567 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Brumath |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Francis Laas[1] |
Area 1 | 6.90 km2 (2.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,548 |
| • Density | 369/km2 (956/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67237 /67840 |
| 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. | |
Kilstett is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.[3]
Kilstett is positioned about fifteen kilometres (nine miles) to the north ofStrasbourg.
It has its own stop on the littlerailway line that connects Strasbourg with theGerman frontier town ofLauterbourg, and is approximately three kilometres (two miles) to the east of Junction 50 on theAutoroute A35, which is the principal north-south highway inAlsace.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,257 | — |
| 1975 | 1,548 | +3.02% |
| 1982 | 1,510 | −0.35% |
| 1990 | 1,406 | −0.89% |
| 1999 | 1,923 | +3.54% |
| 2007 | 2,320 | +2.37% |
| 2012 | 2,489 | +1.42% |
| 2017 | 2,510 | +0.17% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Its inhabitants are known asKilstettois in French.
Kilstett has a match shop, bakeries, a Crédit Mutuel bank and a pub called A l'Arbre Vert.
In January 1945, a German counter-offensive intended to reconquer Strasbourg was stopped at the Battle of Kilstett.
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