Hengwiller is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...

 department in Alsace

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 in north-eastern France

France

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Geography

Much of the village economy is agriculture

Agriculture

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 based, and most of the surrounding land is used for arable

Agronomy

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 cultivation and fruit orchards.

The village is positioned not far from the Reutenburgerkopf (586 m), some ten kilometres (six miles) to the east of the panoramic Rocher de Dabo

Dabo

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, although the distance by road is much greater because the roads necessarily take a snaking route avoiding the steepest slopes. The nearest big city is Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

, some fifty kilometres (thirty miles) to the east. Communes surrounding Hengwiller are Dimbsthal

Dimbsthal

Dimbsthal is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 and Salenthal

Salenthal

Salenthal is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 to the north-east, Birkenwald

Birkenwald

Birkenwald is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Geography:Birkenwald is located at the foot of Vosges Mountains, in the small valley formed by Sommerau river, that feeds the Mossig...

 to the south-east, Obersteigen

Wangenbourg-Engenthal

Wangenbourg-Engenthal is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The commune is not a single settlement, but rather an administrative unit comprising the following eight mountain hamlets:...

 to the south-west and Reinhardsmunster

Reinhardsmunster

Reinhardsmunster is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

to the north-west.

The village has no real main street, being rather the crossroads of several minor roads.