Molsheim
Sign in to saveMolsheim (; ) is a commune and a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The total population in 2023 was 9,318. Molsheim had been a very fast-growing city between the French censuses of 1968 and 1999, passing from 5,739 to 9,335 inhabitants, but this increase came to a noticeable halt since. The urban unit of Molsheim had 26,925 inhabitants in 2017, from 16,888 in 1968. Molsheim is part of the metropolitan area of Strasbourg.
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Molsheim is a town in northeastern France with a population of about 9,300 people that serves as a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department. The town experienced rapid growth in the late 20th century but has since stabilized, and it is part of the larger Strasbourg metropolitan area.
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Place details
- Locality
- Molsheim
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 9,953
- Timezone
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Cityscape
- History
- Molsheim as a center of the Counter-Reformation
- Since 1648
- Coat of arms
- Language
- Toponymy
- Population
- Economy
- See also
- References
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Molsheim (; ) is a commune and a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The total population in 2023 was 9,318. Molsheim had been a very fast-growing city between the French censuses of 1968 and 1999, passing from 5,739 to 9,335 inhabitants, but this increase came to a noticeable halt since. The urban unit of Molsheim had 26,925 inhabitants in 2017, from 16,888 in 1968. Molsheim is part of the metropolitan area of Strasbourg.
==Cityscape== The old town of Molsheim is well preserved and contains a considerable number of old houses and buildings of typically Alsatian architecture. The most notable buildings are the medieval Tour des Forgerons, the Renaissance Metzig, the baroque (although built in late gothic style) Église des Jésuites – an inordinately large church insofar as it could house the entire population of the town when built – and the classical Hôtel de ville. The former monastery La Chartreuse, partly destroyed in the French Revolution, now houses a museum; covering an area of , it used to be a genuine city within the city.