An important necropolis from the Merovingian era (6th-7th century) has been excavated near Erstein in 1999–2000.

Erstein was known in Alsace in the Middle Age for its canonesses monastery, founded in the 9th century and abandoned in 1422. The buildings were destroyed in the 16th and 19th centuries.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,504 —     1800 2,344 −0.94% 1806 3,168 +5.15% 1821 3,440 +0.55% 1831 3,613 +0.49% 1836 3,564 −0.27% 1841 3,445 −0.68% 1846 3,585 +0.80% 1851 3,688 +0.57% 1856 3,604 −0.46% 1861 3,705 +0.55% 1866 3,899 +1.03% 1871 3,703 −1.03% 1875 3,662 −0.28% 1880 4,127 +2.42% 1885 4,378 +1.19% 1890 4,807 +1.89% 1895 5,270 +1.86%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1900 5,593 +1.20% 1905 5,837 +0.86% 1910 6,061 +0.76% 1921 5,485 −0.90% 1926 5,549 +0.23% 1931 5,649 +0.36% 1936 5,640 −0.03% 1946 5,539 −0.18% 1954 5,747 +0.46% 1962 6,165 +0.88% 1968 6,288 +0.33% 1975 7,434 +2.42% 1982 8,095 +1.22% 1990 8,600 +0.76% 1999 9,664 +1.30% 2007 9,971 +0.39% 2012 10,764 +1.54% 2017 10,630 −0.25%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

• Endingen am Kaiserstuhl
• São João de Loure

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  Erstein Street
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  Near Ill River
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  Calvaire (1746)
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  Old Factory

• Laure Diebold, (1915–1965), Compagnon de la Libération, was born in Erstein
• François-Joseph d'Offenstein (1760–1837) French general, was born in Erstein

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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