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.

## Geography
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:
* Paris, the national capital - ;
* Strasbourg, the regional capital - ;
* Marseille - ;
* Lyon - ;
* Reims - ;
* Bordeaux - ;
* Toulouse - ;
* Montpellier - ;
* Nice - .

The *commune* of Sélestat is surrounded by the following *communes*:

### Climate
The climate of Sélestat, in the Köppen climate classification, is **Cfb** - Oceanic climate with template summers.

## Population
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/km2.

**Evolution of the population in Sélestat**

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## Administration
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).

### Twin towns 
Sélestat is twinned withː

*  Montignies-sur-Sambre, Belgium, since 1959 (merged with Charleroi in 1977)
*  Waldkirch, Germany, since 1966
*  Grenchen, Switzerland, since 1988
*  Dornbirn, Austria, since 2006

## Gallery

File:Sélestat HôtelVille a2.JPG|Town hall of Sélestat.
File:Selestat Tour de l’horloge.jpg|The Clock Tower.
File:Sélestat SteFoy112.jpg|*Sainte-Foy* church.
File:Sélestat plVictoire a.JPG|Small shops in the old town.
File:Quai de l'Ill, Sélestat.JPG|The Ill river in Sélestat.

## Related pages
* Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

## References
## Other websites
* Ville de Sélestat - Official site 
* [Http://www.selestat-haut-koenigsbourg.com Office de Tourisme de la région de Sélestat Haut Koenigsbourg]