Grand Est
Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein

Sélestat

Sélestat is in the middle of Alsace. It is home to the humanist library. Nearby is the deer reserve with unusual wildlife.
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  • Type: Town with 19,300 residents
  • Description: commune in Bas-Rhin, France
  • Also known as: “Schlestadt”, “Schlettstadt”, and “Schlettstatt”
  • Postal code: 67600

Places of Interest

Highlights include Humanist Library and Sélestat station.

Library
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The in Sélestat is one of the most important cultural treasures of Alsace, France. There are two Renaissance humanist libraries involved, the library of the Humanist School and the private library of the scholar, Beatus Rhenanus.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the commune of Sélestat, department, France. It is located at the junction of the Strasbourg–Basel railway with the branch lines towards Molsheim and Lièpvre.

Photo: Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scherwiller and Châtenois.

Village
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is a commune in the department in Alsace in northeastern . is situated 4 km northwest of Sélestat.

Village
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is a commune in the department in Alsace in north-eastern . The small town is notable for its architectural heritage, among which the church , the medieval, timber-framed "witch tower", the ancient town hall, etc. is situated 4 km west of Sélestat.

Village
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is a commune in the department in Alsace in north-eastern . The Château de is a well-known landmark in the commune. is situated 4½ km west of Sélestat.

Sélestat

Latitude
48.2594° or 48° 15′ 34″ north
Longitude
7.4542° or 7° 27′ 15″ east
Population
19,300
Elevation
175 metres (574 feet)
IATA airport code
XSQ
United Nations Location Code
FR SEL
Open location code
8FW97F53+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26692009
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2975233
Wiki­data ID
Q22737
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sélestat” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sélestat”
  • Arabic: “سيليستات”
  • Aragonese: “Schlettstadt”
  • Aragonese: “Sélestat”
  • Armenian: “Սելեստա”
  • Arpitan: “Sélestat”
  • Asturian: “Sélestat”
  • Bambara: “Sélestat”
  • Basque: “Sélestat”
  • Bavarian: “Sélestat”
  • Belarusian: “Селеста”
  • Belarusian: “Шлетштат”
  • Breton: “Schlettstadt”
  • Bulgarian: “Селеста”
  • Bulgarian: “Шлеттштадт”
  • Bulgarian: “Шлетштат”
  • Cajun French: “Sélestat”
  • Catalan: “Schlettstadt”
  • Catalan: “Sélestat”
  • Cebuano: “Sélestat”
  • Chechen: “Селеста (коммуна)”
  • Chechen: “Селеста”
  • Chinese: “塞莱斯塔”
  • Chinese: “塞莱斯塔城市核心区”
  • Chinese: “塞莱斯塔相关人物列表”
  • Corsican: “Sélestat”
  • Croatian: “Schlettstadt”
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  • Czech: “Schlettstadt”
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  • Danish: “Sélestat”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Sélestat”
  • Dutch: “Schlettstadt”
  • Dutch: “Selestat”
  • Dutch: “Sélestat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيليستات”
  • Esperanto: “Schlettstadt”
  • Esperanto: “Sélestat”
  • Esperanto: “Selestato”
  • Estonian: “Schlettstadt”
  • Estonian: “Sélestat”
  • Faroese: “Sélestat”
  • Finnish: “Sélestat”
  • French: “Scheletstadt”
  • French: “Schlestadt”
  • French: “Schlettstadt”
  • French: “Sélestat”
  • French: “Sletto”
  • Friulian: “Sélestat”
  • Galician: “Sélestat”
  • Georgian: “სელესტა”
  • German: “Schlestadt”
  • German: “Schlettstadt”
  • German: “Schlettstatt”
  • German: “Selestat”
  • German: “Sélestat”
  • Greek: “Σελεστά”
  • Hebrew: “סלסטה”
  • Hungarian: “Sélestat”
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  • Irish: “Sélestat”
  • Italian: “Schlettstadt”
  • Italian: “Selestat”
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  • Jamaican Creole English: “Sélestat”
  • Japanese: “セレスタ”
  • Kabyle: “Sélestat”
  • Kalaallisut: “Sélestat”
  • Kazakh: “Селеста”
  • Kölsch: “Schlettstadt”
  • Kongo: “Sélestat”
  • Korean: “셀레스타”
  • Kurdish: “Sélestat”
  • Ladin: “Sélestat”
  • Latin: “Scalistati villa”
  • Latin: “Selestadium”
  • Latin: “Sélestat”
  • Latvian: “Schlettstadt”
  • Latvian: “Sélestat”
  • Latvian: “Šletštats”
  • Ligurian: “Sélestat”
  • Limburgan: “Sélestat”
  • Lithuanian: “Schlettstadt”
  • Lithuanian: “Sélestat”
  • Lithuanian: “Šletštatas”
  • Low German: “Schlettstadt”
  • Low German: “Sélestat”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sélestat”
  • Macedonian: “Селеста”
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  • Narom: “Sélestat”
  • Neapolitan: “Sélestat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schlettstadt”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Selestat”
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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schlettstadt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Selestat”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Schlettstadt”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Schlettstàdt”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sélestat”
  • Papiamento: “Sélestat”
  • Persian: “سلستد”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Schlettstadt”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Schlettstàdt”
  • Picard: “Sélestat”
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  • Polish: “Schlettstadt”
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  • Portuguese: “Schlettstadt”
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  • Prussian: “Sélestat”
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  • Romanian: “Selestat”
  • Romanian: “Sélestat”
  • Romansh: “Sélestat”
  • Russian: “Schlettstadt”
  • Russian: “Sélestat”
  • Russian: “Селеста (город)”
  • Russian: “Селеста (коммуна)”
  • Russian: “Селеста”
  • Russian: “Шлеттштадт”
  • Sardinian: “Sélestat”
  • Scots: “Sélestat”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sélestat”
  • Serbian: “Sélestat”
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  • Slovenian: “Selestat”
  • Slovenian: “Sélestat”
  • Spanish: “Schlettstadt”
  • Spanish: “Selestat”
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  • Swahili: “Sélestat”
  • Swedish: “Sélestat”
  • Swiss German: “Schlettstàdt”
  • Swiss German: “Sélestat”
  • Tatar: “Селеста (город)”
  • Tatar: “Селеста”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Schlettstadt”
  • Turkish: “Sélestat”
  • Ukrainian: “Селеста”
  • Ukrainian: “Шлеттштадт”
  • Ukrainian: “Шлетштат”
  • Uzbek: “Sélestat”
  • Venetian: “Sélestat”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Sélestat”
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