Canton of Benfeld
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The canton of Benfeld is a canton of France
, located in the Bas-Rhin
department, in the Alsace
region
. It has 13 communes.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, located in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
department, in the Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
. It has 13 communes.
Communes
The communes of the canton of Benfeld are:- BenfeldBenfeldBenfeld is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The handsome 1846 synagogue survived the Nazi occupation.-References:*...
- BoofzheimBoofzheimBoofzheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Its name is probably derived from the French "boeuf" . Variants of the name include Boofi - Boffesheim - Bofftsheim - Boffsheim - Bototzheim - Booftzheim - Booffzheim.-History:It is said that, from the fifteenth...
- FriesenheimFriesenheimFriesenheim is a municipality in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 3 km north of Lahr, and 12 km southwest of Offenburg.-External links:...
- HerbsheimHerbsheimHerbsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Geography:The village is positioned to the north-east of Sélestat on the strip of rich alluvial farm land between the main north-south routes and the River Rhine....
- HuttenheimHuttenheimHuttenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-History:The village can trace its recorded history back to the seventh century....
- KertzfeldKertzfeldKertzfeld is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Geography:The village is positioned between Selestat and Strasbourg...
- KogenheimKogenheimKogenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Geography:The commune is on the east of the Route Nationale RN83, till recently the main road linking Strasbourg with Colmar and still, despite extensive official 'declassification' following the opening of the...
- MatzenheimMatzenheimMatzenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
- RhinauRhinauRhinau is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.After a flood in 1541, 58% of its territory happen to be on the right bank of the Rhine river, in Germany. However the German part of Rhinau is not inhabited, it is a natural reserve, the Taubergiessen. A ferryboat...
- RossfeldRossfeldRossfeld is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
- SandSandSand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.The composition of sand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal...
- SermersheimSermersheimSermersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
- WitternheimWitternheimWitternheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...