Dambach-la-Ville

Dambach-la-Ville
Saint-Sébastien chapel
Dambach-la-Ville
Location within Alsace region  Dambach-la-Ville
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Barr
Intercommunality	Bernstein et l'Ungersberg
Mayor	Gérard Zippert (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	164–662 m (538–2,172 ft)
Land area1	28.83 km2 (11.13 sq mi)
Population2	1,979  (2006)
- Density	69 /km2 (180 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67084/ 67650
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.

Coordinates: 48°19′29″N 7°25′41″E / 48.324722°N 7.428056°E / 48.324722; 7.428056

Dambach-la-Ville is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

It lies northwest of Sélestat, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.

Dambach-la-Ville is known for its quality wines.

Demography

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
2035	2051	2039	1907	1800	1973	1979

Twin towns

Dambach-la-Ville is twinned with:

• Wemding, Germany - 1988

Wine

Dambach-la-Ville is the largest wine-producing village in Alsace. Its vineyards produce one of the finest Alsacian wines: the Grand Cru Frankstein (fr).

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Town council website
• Wine producer J.HAULLER & Fils - Vins d'Alsace

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  City hall

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  Fontaine de l'ours