Gresswiller

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Gresswiller Grasswiller
Commune
The town hall in Gresswiller
Coat of arms
Location of Gresswiller
(2020–2026)		Pierre Thielen^[1]
Area ¹	9.27 km² (3.58 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,661
• Density	180/km² (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67168 /67190
Elevation	192–322 m (630–1,056 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gresswiller (French pronunciation: [gʁɛsvilɛʁ] ^ⓘ; German: Greßweiler or Gressweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.^[3]

Geography

Adjacent communes

Mollkirch, Rosenwiller, Dinsheim-sur-Bruche, Heiligenberg, and Mutzig.

Notable people

Auguste Dubois, painter and engraver (1892–1973) was born at Gresswiller. Between 1920 and 1922 he worked closely with Ettore Bugatti whose automobile factory was located at nearby Molsheim.

Landmarks

Unusually, Gresswiller has its own orrery.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ The Millenium Planetarium of Gresswiller