Kleingœft

Kleingœft Klängäft
Coat of arms
Kleingœft
Location within Alsace region  Kleingœft
Coordinates: 48°41′29″N 7°26′39″E / 48.6914°N 7.4442°ECoordinates: 48°41′29″N 7°26′39″E / 48.6914°N 7.4442°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Saverne
Intercommunality	Alsace Bossue
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Grad
Area^1	2.50 km^2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	133
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67244 / 67440
Elevation	214–261 m (702–856 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Kleingœft (German: Kleingöft) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Geography

Surrounding communes are Wolschheim and Maennolsheim to the northeast; Westhouse-Marmoutier to the southeast; and Lochwiller to the west.

Landmarks

• Chapel of Betbur

Constructed in the twelfth century, the chapel was originally the parish church of Betbur. Betbur was destroyed during or before the German Peasants' War, and a new village was constructed nearby on the site of what is now known as Kleingœft. The chapel retained its role as a parish church, now being the parish church of Kleingœft, its cemetery being the Kleingœft village cemetery. Later a new larger church was built in the centre of Kleingœft, but the Chapel of Betbur is still open and can be visited: occasionally religious services are still celebrated in it.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file