Benfeld

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Benfeld Banfald
Commune
The Hôtel de Ville
Coat of arms
Location of Benfeld
Benfeld Location within France Show map of France Benfeld Location within Grand Est Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°22′16″N 7°35′42″E / 48.371019°N 7.5950335°E / 48.371019; 7.5950335
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Erstein
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacky Wolfarth
Area 1	7.79 km2 (3.01 sq mi)
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Highest elevation	162 m (531 ft)
Lowest elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Population  (2023)	5,973
• Density	767/km2 (1,990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67028 /67230
Dialling codes	0388
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Benfeld (French pronunciation: [bɛnfɛld] ^ⓘ; Alsatian: Banfald [ˈbanfalt]) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is situated on the river Ill. In the nearby hamlet Ehl there is an archaeological site with the remains of the Gallo-Roman city Ellelum or Helvetum. Benfeld station has rail connections to Strasbourg and Colmar.

The missionary to remote northern Australia, Francis Xavier Gsell, was born in Benfeld in 1872.

Population

Sights

The core of the town boasts several ancient buildings, chief among them the Renaissance Hôtel de Ville (town hall) with its 1619 automata. The handsome 1846 synagogue survived the Nazi occupation.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

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