Kilstett

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Kilstett

(2020–2026) Francis Laas^[1]Area

6.90 km² (2.66 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,491 • Density360/km² (940/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

67237 /67840

Elevation126–131 m (413–430 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kilstett is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

Geography

Kilstett is positioned about fifteen kilometres (nine miles) to the north of Strasbourg.

It has its own stop on the little railway line that connects Strasbourg with the German frontier town of Lauterbourg, and is approximately three kilometres (two miles) to the east of Junction 50 on the Autoroute A35, which is the principal north-south highway in Alsace.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,257	—
1975	1,548	+3.02%
1982	1,510	−0.35%
1990	1,406	−0.89%
1999	1,923	+3.54%
2007	2,320	+2.37%
2012	2,489	+1.42%
2017	2,510	+0.17%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Its inhabitants are known as Kilstettois in French.

Infrastructures and shops

Kilstett has a match shop, bakeries, a Crédit Mutuel bank and a pub called A l'Arbre Vert.

History

In January 1945, a German counter-offensive intended to reconquer Strasbourg was stopped at the Battle of Kilstett.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE