Bischwihr

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Bischwihr

Total population

1,169

Air quality index

23Good

Elevation182 m

Land area3.23 km²

Coordinates48.10°, 7.44°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bischwihr is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

C

Camille Andrès

French composer (1864–1904)

Y

Yves Ehrlacher

French association football player

Clément Schertzinger

D

Daniel Fuchs

French association football player

Edgar Zeidler

French poet

E

Edmond Borocco

French politician (1911–1990)

Jean-Christophe Thouvenel

French footballer

E

Eugène Noack

French painter (1908-1985)

Francis Keller

French painter (1961-2011)

Franck Rolling

French footballer (born 1968)

Frank Delay

French actor

F

François Louis Dubois

French politician

Freddy Raphaël

French sociologist

F

Frédéric Johansen

French association football player (1972-1992)

Frédéric Sitterlé

French businessperson

Gautier Supper

French rock climber

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Grand Est

• Urschenheim
  2.4 mi away · pop. 784
• Appenwihr
  4.9 mi away · pop. 583
• Artzenheim
  5.1 mi away · pop. 862
• Ostheim
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,658
• Biesheim
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,501
• Guémar
  6.6 mi away · pop. 1,438
• Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine
  6.6 mi away · pop. 3,022
• Marckolsheim
  6.8 mi away · pop. 4,309
• Neuf-Brisach
  6.9 mi away · pop. 1,947
• Katzenthal
  7.1 mi away · pop. 527
• Herrlisheim-près-Colmar
  7.4 mi away · pop. 1,878
• Niederhergheim
  7.9 mi away · pop. 1,157

Browse all places in Grand Est →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

common ivy

Hedera helix

Seen 2026-07-04

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Seen 2026-07-04

Mediterranean Spotted Chafer

Oxythyrea funesta

Seen 2026-07-04

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-07-04

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Seen 2026-07-04

Variable Cockroach

Planuncus tingitanus

Seen 2026-07-03

Wall Brown

Lasiommata megera

Seen 2026-07-03

Chinese wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

Seen 2026-07-02

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Seen 2026-07-02

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bischwihr, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

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