Altorf


Coordinates: 48°31′23″N 7°31′45″E / 48.523056°N 7.529167°E / 48.523056; 7.529167

Commune of Altorf

Location
Altorf is located in France
Altorf
Administration
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Molsheim
Canton Molsheim
Intercommunality Molsheim-Mutzig
Mayor Régine Kientzi
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 162–186 m (530–610 ft)
Land area1 10.19 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population2 1,185  (2006)
 - Density 116 /km2 (300 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 67008/ 67120
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Former abbey church Saint-Cyriaque

Altorf (German: Altdorf) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

The town has a long history. Its most interesting monument is the part-Romanesque, part-Baroque church of St. Cyriaque, which until the French revolution belonged to a Benedictine Abbey.

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