Benfeld

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Benfeld Banfald
Commune
The town hall in Benfeld
Coat of arms
Location of Benfeld
(2020–2026)		Jacky Wolfarth^[1]
Area ¹	7.79 km² (3.01 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	5,870
• Density	750/km² (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67028 /67230
Dialling codes	0388
Elevation	155–162 m (509–531 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Benfeld (French pronunciation: [bɛnfɛld] ^ⓘ; Alsatian: Banfald [ˈbanfalt]) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. ^[3] It is situated on the river Ill. In the nearby hamlet Ehl there is an archaeological site with the remains of the Gallo-Roman city Ellelum or Helvetum. Benfeld station has rail connections to Strasbourg and Colmar.

The missionary to remote northern Australia, Francis Xavier Gsell, was born in Benfeld in 1872.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,309	—
1800	1,220	−1.00%
1806	1,188	−0.44%
1821	1,794	+2.79%
1831	2,230	+2.20%
1836	2,555	+2.76%
1841	2,688	+1.02%
1846	2,807	+0.87%
1851	3,001	+1.35%
1856	2,926	−0.50%
1861	2,745	−1.27%
1866	2,757	+0.09%
1871	2,603	−1.14%
1875	2,635	+0.31%
1880	2,797	+1.20%
1885	2,544	−1.88%
1890	2,324	−1.79%
1895	2,479	+1.30%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1900	2,388	−0.75%
1905	2,466	+0.64%
1910	2,640	+1.37%
1921	2,518	−0.43%
1926	2,655	+1.07%
1931	2,741	+0.64%
1936	2,838	+0.70%
1946	2,588	−0.92%
1954	2,886	+1.37%
1962	3,449	+2.25%
1968	3,441	−0.04%
1975	3,798	+1.42%
1982	4,451	+2.29%
1990	4,330	−0.34%
1999	4,878	+1.33%
2007	5,315	+1.08%
2012	5,667	+1.29%
2017	5,753	+0.30%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Sights

The core of the town boasts several ancient buildings, chief among them the Renaissance town hall with its 1619 automata. The handsome 1846 synagogue survived the Nazi occupation. ^[6]

References

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^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Benfeld, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "La Synagogue de Benfeld (Dep. Bas Rhin / Alsace / Unterelsass)".