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Mertzwiller

Coordinates: 48°51′49″N 7°40′50″E / 48.8636°N 7.6806°E

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Mertzwiller Merzwiller
Commune
The town hall in Mertzwiller
Coat of arms
Location of Mertzwiller
Mertzwiller Show map of France Mertzwiller Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°51′49″N 7°40′50″E / 48.8636°N 7.6806°E / 48.8636; 7.6806
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Reichshoffen
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Schweighoffer^[1]
Area ¹	6.96 km² (2.69 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,391
• Density	490/km² (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67291 /67580
Elevation	152–207 m (499–679 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mertzwiller (German: Merzweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

Population[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,948	—
1975	3,282	+1.55%
1982	3,408	+0.54%
1990	3,524	+0.42%
1999	3,507	−0.05%
2007	3,504	−0.01%
2012	3,413	−0.52%
2017	3,355	−0.34%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Notable people[edit]

Sam Marx, father of the Marx Brothers
Joseph-Paul Strebler, missionary and bishop in Togo

See also[edit]

Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References[edit]

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

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