Wissembourg
commune in Bas-Rhin, France
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Wissembourg is a commune of France[1]. Wissembourg ranks in the top 0.68% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,622 views/month, #212 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Les Plus Beaux Détours de France[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bas-Rhin[4], arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg[5]
- Country: France[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Instance of: border city[8]
- Shares border with: Riedseltz[9], Cleebourg[10], Climbach[11], Oberhoffen-lès-Wissembourg[12], Seebach[13], Rott[14], Salmbach[15], Schleithal[16], Steinseltz[17], Schweigen-Rechtenbach[18], Schweighofen[19], Kapsweyer[20], Steinfeld[21], Bobenthal[22]
- Twinned administrative body: Tangermünde[23]
- Postal code: 67160[24]
- Child organization or unit: Q112864309[25]
- Commons category: Wissembourg[26]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[27], UTC+02:00[28]
- Inception: 700[29], January 1, 1974[30]
- Official website: https://www.ville-wissembourg.eu[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wissembourg[32]
- Commons gallery: Wissembourg[33]
- Email address: mailto:accueil@wissembourg.fr[34]
- Population: 7757[35], 7662[36], 7824[37], 7537[38], 7519[39], 7487[40], 7492[41], 7516[42], 7541[43], 7566[44]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Wissembourg[45]
- Phone number: +33-3-88-54-87-87[46]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[49], Pauly–Wissowa[50], Topographia Alsatiae[51], Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et Vicinarum Regionum[52], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[53], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[54], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[55]
- Replaces: Imperial Abbey of Wissembourg[56], Altenstadt[57], Wissembourg[58]
- Capital of: arrondissement of Wissembourg[59]
Why It Matters
Wissembourg has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Wissembourg is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]