Wœrth

Wœrth
Wœrth
	Castle of Wœrth, today town hall and museum
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Wœrth
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Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Reichshoffen
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Rutsch
Area1	6.47 km2 (2.50 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,820
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67550 / 67360
Elevation	160–242 m (525–794 ft); (avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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Wœrth or Woerth (German: Wörth an der Sauer) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

It lies 45 km (28 mi) north of Strasbourg. Wœrth is known for the Battle of Wœrth, in the initial stage of the Franco-Prussian War in August 1870.

Notable people

Wynkyn de Worde (??-1534).

Crime

During the night of November 22, 2013, antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on the front door of the local synagogue, as well as on two private cars and a bicycle path.^[1]