Osthouse

Osthouse
Osthouse
Location within Alsace region  Osthouse
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Erstein
Intercommunality	Pays d'Erstein
Mayor	Raymond Fender (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	151–157 m (495–515 ft)
Land area1	9.72 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Population2	969  (2006)
- Density	100 /km2 (260 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67364/ 67150
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°24′12″N 7°38′38″E / 48.40333333°N 7.64388889°E / 48.40333333; 7.64388889

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

The sole remaining wall of the 1865 synagogue, destroyed by the Nazis, makes a dramatic standing ruin.^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file
• Osthouse on the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Erstein Website

1. ^ http://judaisme.sdv.fr//synagog/basrhin/g-p/osthous.htm