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Kingersheim
Sign in to saveKingersheim (; ; Alsatian: Kingersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est (formerly Alsace), northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. A few centuries ago, it was still a small village but nowadays Kingersheim has become the eighth municipality of the Haut-Rhin. The town is mainly a residential district but we can also find an important commercial area which extends up to Wittenheim. Its inhabitants are called Kingersheimois and Kingersheimoises.
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Kingersheim is a commune in France, situated within the Haut-Rhin department and the Upper Alsace region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Kingersheim and is part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. The municipality borders Wittenheim, Illzach, Mulhouse, and Richwiller. Its official postal code is 68260, and it is located at an elevation of 250 meters above sea level.
The town has a population of 13,354, comprising 6,330 males and 6,725 females. Kingersheim covers an area of 6.69 square kilometers. It is twinned with the administrative bodies of Hirschau and Tübingen. The commune received the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 award.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kingersheim
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,690
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Kingersheim
- French commune.native name
- Kingersche
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Kingersheim, Hôtel de ville.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason de la ville de Kingersheim (68).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Mulhouse
- French commune.canton
- Kingersheim
- French commune.INSEE
- 68166
- French commune.postal code
- 68260
- French commune.mayor
- Laurent Riche
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (M2A)
- French commune.elevation m
- 230
- French commune.elevation min m
- 227
- French commune.elevation max m
- 250
- French commune.area km2
- 6.69
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Kingersheim
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Mulhouse
- Population
- 13265
- Area
- 6.69
- Elevation
- 236
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Kingersheim
- Shares border with
- Pfastatt
- Official website
- www.ville-kingersheim.fr
- Image
- Kingersheim, Hôtel de ville.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kingersheim
- twinned administrative body
- Tübingen
- postal code
- 68260
- associated electoral district
- canton of Kingersheim
- male population
- 6330
- female population
- 6725
- P8168
- Grimes
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-89-57-04-00
- fax number
- +33-3-89-57-04-19
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Population
- Discovering the city
- St Adelphe Church
- Créa
- Playgrounds
- Tival
- Momix
- Le Hangar
- See also
- References
Kingersheim (; ; Alsatian: Kingersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est (formerly Alsace), northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. A few centuries ago, it was still a small village but nowadays Kingersheim has become the eighth municipality of the Haut-Rhin. The town is mainly a residential district but we can also find an important commercial area which extends up to Wittenheim. Its inhabitants are called Kingersheimois and Kingersheimoises.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingersheim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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