Gresswiller
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Gresswiller
Grasswiller | |
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Commune | |
 The town hall in Gresswiller | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Gresswiller  | |
  Gresswiller  Gresswiller | |
| Coordinates: 48°32′09″N 7°25′53″E / 48.5358°N 7.4314°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Molsheim |
| Canton | Mutzig |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Thielen[1] |
Area 1 | 9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,677 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/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]
Adjacent communes
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.
