Erstein
{{Expand French|date=December 2008|Erstein|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Erstein
|native name = Eerstain
|commune status = Commune
|image = Erstein HôtelVille a.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Erstein
|image coat of arms = Blason d'Erstein.svg
|arrondissement = Sélestat-Erstein
|canton = Erstein
|INSEE = 67130
|postal code = 67150
|term = 2022–2026
|intercommunality = CC Canton d'Erstein
|coordinates = {{coord|48.42|7.66|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 150
|elevation min m = 147
|elevation max m = 157
|area km2 = 36.22
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Erstein ({{IPA|de|ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaɪ̯n}}, {{IPA|fr|ɛʁʃtajn|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Visiteur Journée 2 - 20 (Madehub)-Erstein.wav}}; {{langx|gsw|label=Alemannic|Eerstain}}) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, in the region of Grand Est, France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67130-erstein INSEE commune file]
History
An important necropolis from the Merovingian era (6th-7th century) has been excavated near Erstein in 1999–2000.{{cite journal|url=https://journals.openedition.org/rae/971|title=La nécropole mérovingienne d'Erstein (Bas-Rhin) : étude des textiles minéralisés au contact des fibules|last1=Médard|first1=Fabienne|journal=Revue archéologique de l'Est|volume=55|year=2006}}
Erstein was known in Alsace in the Middle Age for its canonesses monastery, founded in the 9th century and abandoned in 1422. The buildings were destroyed in the 16th and 19th centuries.{{Base Mérimée|IA00023233|Abbaye de chanoinesses Sainte-Cécile, Saint-Sixte}}
Demographics
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|12885|Erstein}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-67130#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2504
|1800 |2344
|1806 |3168
|1821 |3440
|1831 |3613
|1836 |3564
|1841 |3445
|1846 |3585
|1851 |3688
|1856 |3604
|1861 |3705
|1866 |3899
|1871 |3703
|1875 |3662
|1880 |4127
|1885 |4378
|1890 |4807
|1895 |5270
|1900 |5593
|1905 |5837
|1910 |6061
|1921 |5485
|1926 |5549
|1931 |5649
|1936 |5640
|1946 |5539
|1954 |5747
|1962 |6165
|1968 |6288
|1975 |7434
|1982 |8095
|1990 |8600
|1999 |9664
|2007 |9971
|2012 |10764
|2017 |10630
}}
Twin towns
- {{flagicon|GER}} Endingen am Kaiserstuhl
- {{flagicon|POR}} São João de Loure
File:Erstein1.JPG|Erstein Street
File:Erstein2.JPG|Near Ill River
File:Erstein3.jpg|Calvaire (1746)
File:Erstein4.JPG|Old Factory
People
- Laure Diebold, (1915–1965), Compagnon de la Libération, was born in Erstein
- François-Joseph d'Offenstein (1760–1837) French general, was born in Erstein
See also
References
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{{Bas-Rhin communes}}
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Category:Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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