Gunstett

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Gunstett
Location within Alsace region Gunstett
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Reichshoffen
Government
• Mayor (1995–2014)	Jean-Marie Haas
Area1	6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	711
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67177 / 67360
Elevation	152–222 m (499–728 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Gunstett is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Geography

The village is positioned slightly to the east of the Departmental Road RD27, a short distance north of Haguenau. The surrounding countryside is dominated by arable agriculture: the soil type is alluvial, reflecting the proximity of the River Rhine to the east.

Neighbouring villages are Oberdorf to the north, Biblisheim to the south-east, Durrenbach to the south, Morsbronn-les-Bains to the south-south-west and the formerly independent commune of Eberbach-Woerth to the West.

Points of interest

• The Pear Conservation Orchard comprises 300 trees of 250 different varieties.
• St Michael's Church contains an organ built in 1857 by Seltz organ builder Joseph Stiehr.
• Public wash house.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file