Bischwiller

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Bischwiller

Total population

12,435

Elevation123 m

Land area17.25 km²

Coordinates48.77°, 7.86°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bischwiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France, just west of the river Moder.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Dorothea Catherine Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Countess of Nassau-Ottweiler (1634-1715)

John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen

Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1638-1704)

Countess Palatine Magdalena Claudia of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler by birth and by marriage Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg

Amandus Acker

German missionary (1848-1923)

Lucien Muller

French footballer (1934–2026)

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August Bostetter

French politician (1850-1922)

Augustin Dontenwill

Canadian Catholic archbishop (1857–1931)

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Bernard Graeff

French association football player

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Charles Hickel

French politician and joiner (1848-1934)

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Claude Vigée

French poet & academic (1921-2020)

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Ignace Leybach

French musician (1817-1891)

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Kurt Mathias von Leers

Michel Heysch

German politician (1861–1940)

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Alfred Kaiser

French association football player

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Antoine Wenger

French priest (1919–2009)

Edgar Clarke

French art collector

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

Nearby places in Grand Est

• Rohrwiller
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,603
• Kurtzenhouse
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,082
• Herrlisheim
  3.4 mi away · pop. 4,631
• Weitbruch
  3.7 mi away · pop. 2,719
• Offendorf
  4.6 mi away · pop. 2,493
• Bietlenheim
  4.9 mi away · pop. 308
• Niederschaeffolsheim
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,348
• Geudertheim
  5.7 mi away · pop. 2,675
• Kriegsheim
  5.9 mi away · pop. 782
• Kilstett
  6.4 mi away · pop. 2,491
• Batzendorf
  7.1 mi away · pop. 983
• Wintershouse
  7.4 mi away · pop. 854

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

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-22

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-21

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-14

Red Swamp Crayfish

Procambarus clarkii

Seen 2026-09-14

Kidney-spot Ladybird

Chilocorus renipustulatus

Seen 2026-09-13

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-13

splitgill mushroom

Schizophyllum commune

Seen 2026-09-10

Common Sunburst Lichen

Xanthoria parietina

Seen 2026-09-10

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-09-09

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

Official Identifiers