commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...
in northeastern France, just west of the river Moder.
Geography
The city is southeast of Haguenau, west-northwest from the German border and the
(Rhin), and lies north-northeast of Strasbourg.
The Moder, a Rhine tributary, flows across the town. Among the other streams which cross the area can be cited the following tributaries of the Morder: the Rothbaechel, the Erlengraben and the Waschgraben. The last one is formed by the confluence of two smaller streams named ''Weihergraben'' and ''Schnuchgraben''.
Population
Due to its large Turkish minority, Bischwiller has been pejoratively dubbed "Turcwiller" or "Bischtanbul".
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Photo gallery
Bischwiller 15.JPG, Ancient timber-framed pharmacy
Bischwiller 22.JPG, Saint-Augustin church
Bischwiller 03.JPG, Bischwiller town hall
Bischwiller 17.JPG, Protestant temple: tombstone of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died in 1604) tombstone