Goxwiller
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Goxwiller
Gogschwiller | |
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 The town hall in Goxwiller | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Goxwiller  | |
  Goxwiller  Goxwiller | |
| Coordinates: 48°26′01″N 7°29′07″E / 48.4336°N 7.4853°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein |
| Canton | Obernai |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Suzanne Lotz[1] |
Area 1 | 3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 835 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67164 /67210 |
| Elevation | 161–231 m (528–758 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Goxwiller (French pronunciation: [ɡɔksvilɛʁ] ⓘ; German: Goxweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.[3]
Goxwiller is effectively a one-street village between flat arable land to one side and southward sloping vineyards to the other. It has become known for viticulture and for traditional artisanal trades such as carpentry, clog making, leather tanning and book binding.
In recent decades aspects of the village have been sensitively renovated in order to encourage the tourist trade: the eighteenth century former bakery, which had fallen into disrepair, has been acquired by the local commune and is once again able to bake bread and Flammkuchen, albeit only on special occasions.
