Sélestat
Sélestat is a commune in north-eastern France, in the Bas-Rhin department, of which it is a subprefecture. It is in the Grand Est region.
The "commmune" is in the historical and cultural region of Alsace.
Sélestat is at the very centre of Alsace, near the limit separating the Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments. The "commune" is on the Alsace plains, a narrow, very fertile area that stretches between the Rhine and the Vosges mountains.
The Ill river flows parallel to the Rhine and crosses the town of Sélestat. Another river in the "commune" is the Giessen, a left tributary of the Ill and that runs through the "commune" from west to east.
The "commune" has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
The distances from Sélestat to other cities are:
The "commune" of Sélestat is surrounded by the following "communes":
The climate of Sélestat, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Sélestat are known, in French, as "Sélestadiens" (women: "Sélestadiennes").
With a population of 19,546, Sélestat has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Sélestat
Sélestat is a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department since 1806. It is the capital of the Sélestat-Erstein "arrondissement" and is also the administrative centre () of the "canton" of Sélestat formed by 29 "communes", with 55,877 inhabitants (2014).
Sélestat is twinned withː
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Evin Salgut Şahin was born in 1979 in the village Zengok (Yürecik) in Muş Province, Kurdish region in Turkey. She studied the primary school in her village, but the family with two children had to move to the city of Muş after that their home had been burned by the Turkish army in 1993. The life in Kurdistan region was very difficult, because of the state of emergency in 1990s and soon after the family had to move again, this time to the west coast of Turkey, in Aydin.
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Evin participated as actress and singer in the following films and TV programs:
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-Siya Mem û Zîn
-NEBAHAT
-PERE-PARA
-KAHPE DEVRAN
-As Dengbêj in Trt Kurdi-TV channel in 2014-2015
-ŞİRİNOK: Children program for Kurdish children in Trt Kurdi-TV channel in 2011, with her husband Oktay Şahin
-In Sounds Colours Cultures TV program in TRT Music, in cooperation with Kurdish artist Oktay Şahin
-Kurdish song-program in Trt Haber with her husband Oktay Şahin
-As presenter of Kurdish kids program "Nûbihara Biçûkan" in 44 series
-Spring of Dengbêjs from Mus.
-The Little Bride (Kucuk Gelin) – film.
- Evin Salgut Şahin’s latest artistic work is Sipîdar TV-program where she participates as Kurdish singer. Sipîdar will be shown in beginning of 2018.
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