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Eckwersheim
Sign in to saveEckwersheim is a commune, in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is around north of Strasbourg.
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Place details
- Locality
- Eckwersheim
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,337
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Eckwersheim
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Eckwersheim, Mairie.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The town hall in Eckwersheim
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Eckwersheim 67.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Strasbourg
- French commune.canton
- Brumath
- French commune.INSEE
- 67119
- French commune.postal code
- 67550
- French commune.mayor
- Camille Bader
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Strasbourg Eurométropole
- French commune.elevation min m
- 139
- French commune.elevation max m
- 183
- French commune.area km2
- 7.46
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Eckwersheim is a commune, in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is around north of Strasbourg.
On 14 November 2015 the commune was the location of a derailment during testing of a TGV train along the LGV Est high-speed rail line. Eleven people were killed and 42 others were injured after the train caught fire and plunged into the Marne–Rhine Canal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eckwersheim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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