Illkirch-Graffenstaden

Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Ìllkìrich-Gràffestàde
Town hall of Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Location of Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Coordinates: 48°32′N 7°43′E / 48.53°N 7.72°E / 48.53; 7.72
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
ArrondissementStrasbourg
CantonIllkirch-Graffenstaden
IntercommunalityStrasbourg Eurométropole
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Thibaud Philipps (LR)
Area
1
22.21 km2 (8.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
27,339
  Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
67218 /67400
Elevation139–146 m (456–479 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (French pronunciation: [ilkiʁʃ gʁafənʃtadən]) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Strasbourg, and is adjacent to it on the south-southwest. Illkirch-Graffenstaden's population more than doubled in fifty years (from 11,648 in 1968 to 26,780 in 2017).