Rœschwoog
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Bischwiller | |
| Community association | Pays Rhénan | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 ′ N , 8 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 114-120 m | |
| surface | 9.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,285 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 234 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67480 | |
| INSEE code | 67405 | |
 Mairie Rœschwoog |
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Rœschwoog (German Röschwoog ) is a French commune with 2,285 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg and the Canton of Bischwiller .
geography
The municipality of Rœschwoog is located in the Upper Rhine Plain, near where the Moder flows into the Rhine . The Rhine, which forms the border with Germany, is four kilometers from the center of Rœschwoog. The cities of Haguenau , Rastatt and Baden-Baden are each around 18 kilometers away. A section of the A 35 ( Lauterbourg - Strasbourg - Basel ) runs in the north-west of the municipality .
Neighboring communities of Rœschwoog are
- Roppenheim in the northeast,
- Fort-Louis in the east and south, Rountzenheim-Auenheim with Auenheim in the southwest and Rountzenheim in the west,
- People's home in the northwest.
history
Rœschwoog received a railway connection in 1876 with the opening of the Wörth – Strasbourg line. In 1895, starting from Rœschwoog station, which is located in the north-west of the village, a connection to the Rheinbahn was established via the Haguenau - Rœschwoog - Rastatt line.
Rœschwoog was on the Maginot Line .
| 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| 1,202 | 1247 | 1309 | 1,421 | 1,539 | 1,573 | 1,905 | 2,103 | 2,285 |
See also
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 160-163.
