text: Every year since 1927, Sélestat has organised a large flower procession through its old town. The "corso fleuri" is one of the biggest floral shows in eastern France. New floats are made each year around a theme and decorated with dahlias only. A carnaval procession is also held in March. It is the remnant of a very old tradition started by the town's butchers. Sélestat also has festivals dedicated to electronic music (Epidemic Experience), satirical cartoons (Sélest'ival), a spring fun fair, and a summer medieval reenactment with a market and a procession.
  The cultural complex Les Tanzmatten, built by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2000. It serves as the town's concert and performances hall, as well as for exhibitions, commercial fairs and weddings.
  Sports
  Sélestat Alsace Handball is a noted French handball club. It was founded in 1967. FC Sélestat, the football club, was founded in 1906.
  Notable people
  Born in Sélestat
  Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer
  Fabienne Keller, French politician
  Jacques Paul Klein, French-American Diplomat and General
  Eugène Koeberlé, French surgeon
  Heinrich Kramer, German inquisitor
  Johannes Mentelin, German printer
  Beatus Rhenanus, German humanist
  Charles Sitzenstuhl, French politician
  Joseph Wackenthaler, French organist and composer
  Nicolas-Joseph Wackenthaler, French organist and composer
  Jakob Wimpfeling, German humanist
  Connected to Sélestat
  Ludwig Dringenberg (died in Sélestat)
  Frédéric Fiebig, painter (lived and died in Sélestat)
  Thierry Omeyer (played professionally for Sélestat)
  François Ignace Schaal (died in Sélestat)
  Twin towns – sister cities
  Sélestat is twinned with:
  Charleroi, Belgium, since 1959
  Waldkirch, Germany, since 1966
  Grenchen, Switzerland, since 1988