- Soufflenheim
French commune|nomcommune=Soufflenheim
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Coat of arms
région=Alsace |département=Bas-Rhin |arrondissement=Haguenau
canton=Bischwiller
insee=67472|cp=67620|maire=Camille Scheydecker
mandat=2001 -2007 |intercomm=
longitude=7.96388889
latitude=48.83055556
alt moy=125 m|alt mini=116 m
alt maxi=138 m|hectares=1,324|km²=13.24|sans=4,400
date-sans=1999|dens=332|date-dens=1999Soufflenheim, despite its German name, is a town and commune in North-eastern
France , in theBas-Rhin "département", in theAlsace "région" ofFrance . It is also known for its pottery an is also known as "Cité des Potiers"Geografie
Soufflenheim lies in the middle of a hilly forested field and meadow like countryside about 15 km east from
Haguenau , 30 km north-east fromStraßburg and 35 km south-west fromKarlsruhe . 5 km east flows theRhine river.Famous
guitarist andbassist Biréli Lagrène was born in this very town in1966 .
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