Rhinau

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Rhinau Rhinài
Commune
The town hall in Rhinau
Coat of arms
Location of Rhinau
Rhinau Show map of France Rhinau Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°19′13″N 7°42′12″E / 48.3203°N 7.7033°E / 48.3203; 7.7033
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Erstein
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marianne Horny-Gonier[1]
Area 1	17.35 km2 (6.70 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,699
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67397 /67860
Elevation	155–166 m (509–545 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rhinau (French pronunciation: [ʁino] ^ⓘ; German: Rheinau) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

Until 1398, the village was located on the bank of the Rhine. The present village dates from the sixteenth century. At periods of low water in the Rhine, it is possible to see the old foundations of the village, as happened in 1749.

After a flood in 1541, an uninhabited 58% of its territory (10 km²) happened to end up on the right bank of the Rhine, in Germany. The German part of Rhinau is a natural reserve, the Taubergießen. A ferry crosses the river, linking the two banks in France and Germany.