Erstein

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Erstein

Total population

10,887

Elevation147 m

Land area36.22 km²

Coordinates48.42°, 7.66°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Erstein is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, in the region of Grand Est, France.

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

Nikolaus Paulus

German priest and church historian (1853-1930)

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Achille Rack

politician (1815-1886)

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André Burkhard

French footballer

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Jean-Jacques Marx

French association football player

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François Antoine Joseph Nicolas Macors

French general (1744-1825)

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Paul Rohmer

French physician (1876-1977)

Albert Thumann

French pharmacist (1856-1938)

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Albert Rohmer

French physician (1913–2006)

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Antoine Hertrich

French association football player (1929-1982)

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Arsène Heitz

author of the Flag of Europe (1908-1989)

Christophe Felder

French pastry chef

Frédéric Henri Walther

French general of division (1761–1813)

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Germain Gengenwin

French politician

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Gustave Bloch

French historian (1848-1923)

Henry Laufenburger

French economist (1897–1964)

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Jean Oehler

French politician

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

Nearby places in Grand Est

• Osthouse
  1.6 mi away · pop. 934
• Schaeffersheim
  1.9 mi away · pop. 804
• Uttenheim
  3.1 mi away · pop. 572
• Ichtratzheim
  3.8 mi away · pop. 383
• Obenheim
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,358
• Lipsheim
  4.6 mi away · pop. 2,670
• Fegersheim
  4.7 mi away · pop. 5,777
• Benfeld
  4.8 mi away · pop. 5,870
• Eschau
  5 mi away · pop. 5,746
• Krautergersheim
  5.8 mi away · pop. 1,745
• Daubensand
  5.9 mi away · pop. 428
• Rossfeld
  6.1 mi away · pop. 1,030

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 Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Seen 2026-09-26

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Seen 2026-09-26

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-25

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Seen 2026-09-25

European lily of the valley

Convallaria majalis

Seen 2026-09-25

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-09-21

Long-winged Conehead

Conocephalus fuscus

Seen 2026-09-20

Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Seen 2026-09-17

Orange Swift

Triodia sylvina

Seen 2026-09-12

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

Official Identifiers