Durningen

Durningen
Durningen
Location within Alsace region  Durningen
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Strasbourg-Campagne
Canton	Truchtersheim
Intercommunality	Kochersberg
Mayor	Gabrielle Fiacre (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	179–274 m (587–899 ft)
Land area1	4.02 km2 (1.55 sq mi)
Population2	609  (2006)
- Density	151 /km2 (390 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67109/ 67270
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°41′02″N 7°34′05″E / 48.68388889°N 7.56805556°E / 48.68388889; 7.56805556

Durningen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

It is the highest commune of the natural region of the Kochersberg.

Its name was first quoted in 724 as Deorangus. than as Teuringas (742), Thurinca (787), Thuringen (1276) and endly Turningen and Durningen (1371).

In the Middle Ages, Durningen belonged to the domain of Hanau-Lichtenberg and to the bishopric of Strasbourg.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
• Community of Communes of the Kochersberg

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official site