Obernai

Obernai
Place du marché
Place du marché
Coat of arms of Obernai
Location of Obernai
Map
Obernai is located in France
Obernai
Obernai
Obernai is located in Grand Est
Obernai
Obernai
Coordinates: 48°28′N 7°29′E / 48.46°N 7.48°E / 48.46; 7.48
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
ArrondissementSélestat-Erstein
CantonObernai
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Guillaume Rocaud[1]
Area
1
25.78 km2 (9.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
12,216
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
67348 /67210
Elevation156–572 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 of Obernai
Coat of arms
StatusFree Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalObernai
GovernmentRepublic
Historical eraMiddle 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; 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]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference pophist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).