Urbeis

Urbeis
region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Dirty
Community association	Vallée de Villé
Coordinates	48 ° 20 ' N , 7 ° 13' E Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ' N , 7 ° 13' E
height	324-962 m
surface	11.60 km 2
Residents	322 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	28 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	67220
INSEE code	67499
	; Village center with church and castle ruins in the background

Urbeis is a French commune with 322 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein and the Canton of Mutzig .

geography

Urbeis is located in the southwest of the Bas-Rhin department on the upper reaches of the Giessen in the Vosges . The peaks surrounding Urbeis are the Crêtes des Aviats (804 m) in the south, the Arête du Bilstein (670 m) in the north and the Climont (965 m) in the northwest. The districts of le Climont, le Haut d'Urbeis and le Bas d'Urbeis belong to Urbeis .

The 602 m high Col d'Urbeis , a pass over the main Vosges ridge, leads west of Urbeis into the valley of the Fave in the area of the Vosges department in Lorraine .

Neighboring municipalities of Urbeis are Steige in the north, Lalaye and Fouchy in the east, Rombach-le-Franc in the southeast, Lubine in the west and Bourg-Bruche and Ranrupt in the northwest.