Fort-Louis

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Fort-Louis For-Lui
Commune
Southern entrance of Fort Carré in Fort-Louis at the beginning of the 21st century
Coat of arms
Location of Fort-Louis
(2020–2026)		Daniel Cousandier^[1]
Area ¹	12.31 km² (4.75 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	287
• Density	23/km² (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67142 /67480
Elevation	113–122 m (371–400 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fort-Louis (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ lwi]) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

It acquired its name and its principal raison d'être from a 17th-century fort, known as Fort Louis.^[4] More recently the population of the settlement increased between 1962 and 2004 from 137 to 279.

History

In 1686 the king mandated Vauban to construct a fortification complex at Fort Louis, situated at that time on an island between two branches of the Rhine. The principal fort, to be called the square fort (Fort Carré) was to be backed up by two fortified bridgeheads, one of which, named Fort Alsace, was to be on the Alsace side of the river, and the other of which, Fort Marquisat, was to be on the Baden side of the river. During the course of the Franco-German wars of the 18th century the fort was besieged on several occasions, and following the defeat of Napoleon, the square fort (Fort Carré) was dismantled in 1818. It was later, in 1890, purchased by the commune. Today, little survives beyond earthworks and some sections of wall from Fort Carré and Fort Alsace.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ The fortress name is usually unhyphenated in English sources.