Seltz
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Seltz
|commune status = Commune
|image = Seltz Mairie 01.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Seltz
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Seltz.svg
|arrondissement = Haguenau-Wissembourg
|canton = Wissembourg
|INSEE = 67463
|postal code = 67470
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality =
|coordinates = {{coord|48.90|8.11|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 107
|elevation max m = 165
|area km2 = 21
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Seltz ({{IPA|fr|sɛlts}}; {{Langx|de|Selz}}) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67463-seltz INSEE commune file] It is located on the Sauer River near its confluence with the Rhine, opposite the German town of Rastatt.
History
{{see also|Selz Abbey}}
The former Celtic settlement of Saliso near a crossing of the Rhine river was mentioned as the Roman castrum Saletio in the Notitia Dignitatum about 425. Later a part of the German stem duchy of Swabia, Emperor Otto I granted the area to his wife Adelaide of Burgundy in 968. Saint Adelaide established Selz Abbey in 991 and died here eight years later.
In 1357 Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg raised Selz to an Imperial city, after which the town joined the Alsatian Décapole league. It however lost its immediate status in 1414, when it was mediatised by Elector Palatine Louis III of Wittelsbach. Seltz finally was annexed by France in 1680.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-67463#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |2373
|1975 |2570
|1982 |2637
|1990 |2584
|1999 |2985
|2007 |3189
|2012 |3281
|2017 |3235
}}
Landmarks
Église Saint-Étienne de Seltz was last built in 1954–6.
Ferry Seltz - Plittersdorf (Germany). The Rhine ferry Seltz - Plittersdorf (in France: Bac Seltz - Plittersdorf or Bac de Seltz) is a yaw cable (reaction) ferry across the Rhine south of Karlsruhe. It connects the French municipality of Seltz in Alsace on the left bank of the Rhine with the German village of Plittersdorf, a part of Rastatt, on the right bank of the Rhine. The operator is the French European Collectivity of Alsace, the use of the ferry is free.{{cite web |url=https://www.alsace.eu/aides-et-services/mobilite-et-transport/les-bacs-rhenans/ |title=Les bacs rhénans |work=alsace.eu |date=11 March 2022 |language=fr, de |access-date=2022-11-07}}
Twin Towns - Sister Cities
{{see also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Seltz is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Obervellach, Austria
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Santa Adélia, Brazil
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.ville-seltz.fr/ Commune website]
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