Kertzfeld

Kertzfeld
Coat of arms of Kertzfeld Coat of arms
Kertzfeld
Location within Alsace region Kertzfeld
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Erstein
Intercommunality	Benfeld et environs
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Lydie Sipp
Area1	9.43 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,287
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67233 / 67230
Elevation	153–161 m (502–528 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Kertzfeld (German: Kerzfeld) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Geography

The village is positioned between Sélestat and Strasbourg. Close by, across the main road that connects these two cities, is the village of Benfeld, and some twelve kilometres (seven miles) to the east of that are Rhinau and the River ferry crossing into Germany.

The departmental road RD5 runs through the village which is surrounded by farmland.

Christmas

A traditional Christmas market has been held since 1996 over the weekend roughly four weeks before Christmas.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file