Lupstein is a French commune, located in the département of Bas-Rhin and the région of Alsace. Map of the 36,568 communes of metropolitan France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... History The département was created on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ...

Geography

Lupstein is located at a longitude of 07° 29' 15" East and a latitude of 48° 44' 17" North. It has an average altitude of 195 m with a maximum of 157 m and a minimum of 234 m. The total area of Lupstein is 7.82 km². Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ...

Government

Charles Nonnenmacher has been the mayor of Lupstein since 2001. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Population

As of 1999, the population of Lupstein was 754. The population density is 96 people per square kilometer. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

People

• Alois Kayser, Catholic pastor who was active in Nauru, was born in Lupstein.

Alois Kayser (born 1877 in Alsace, died October 21, 1944 in Chuuk) was a German Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar (and possibly a Nauruan dictionary). ... Main article: Minister of religion A pastor is the head minister or priest of a Christian church. ...

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin département

External link

• Map of Lupstein on Mapquest