Obernai

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Obernai
Commune
Place du marché
Coat of arms
Location of Obernai
Obernai Show map of France Obernai Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°28′N 7°29′E / 48.46°N 7.48°E / 48.46; 7.48
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Obernai
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guillaume Rocaud[1]
Area 1	25.78 km2 (9.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	12,216
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67348 /67210
Elevation	156–572 m (512–1,877 ft) (avg. 185 m or 607 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Imperial City of Obernai Reichstàdt Owernah (gsw) Reichsstadt Oberehnheim (de)
ca 1283–1648
Coat of arms
Status	Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Obernai
Government	Republic
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Founded	778
• Gained town rights	1240 the 13th century
• Gained Reichsfreiheit	ca 1283
• Joined Décapole	1354
• Lost Reichsfreiheit	1648
• Annexed by France	1679
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Early modern France

Obernai (Alsatian: Owernah; ‹See Tfd›German: Oberehnheim) is commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.

Obernai is a rapidly growing city, its number of inhabitants having gone up from 6,304 in 1968 to 11,279 in 2017.^[3]