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Bisel
Grand Estvillage
Total population
542
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a small village in Grand Est, France, Bisel occupies its own corner of the country. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a temperate latitude (47.537°, 7.216°). Around 542 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. The village belongs to the 44 administrative unit. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,254 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 49% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,385
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,305
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,222
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,090
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,826
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,693
- Yellow-legged hornetVespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta1,497
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,488
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.5 — 2024-06-271 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
- M 4.4 — 2023-03-221 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
- M 3.9 — 2022-09-101 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
- M 4.1 — 2021-12-242 km WSW of Blamont, France
- M 3.1 — 2018-05-042 km W of Schliengen, Germany
- M 3.6 — 2009-05-052 km NNW of Steinen, Germany
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here









People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Grand Est
- Largitzen2.1 mi away · pop. 330
- Durlinsdorf3.7 mi away · pop. 534
- Liebsdorf4.2 mi away · pop. 295
- Bettendorf4.4 mi away · pop. 454
- Hindlingen4.4 mi away · pop. 615
- Fulleren5.1 mi away · pop. 338
- Courtavon5.3 mi away · pop. 347
- Mertzen5.4 mi away · pop. 192
- Ferrette5.5 mi away · pop. 827
- Oberlarg5.5 mi away · pop. 137
- Carspach5.6 mi away · pop. 2,083
- Altkirch6.1 mi away · pop. 5,608
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bisel, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 68039
- Department
- 68
- Region
- 44
- Population (Wikidata)
- 537
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr