Artolsheim
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
Canton | Sélestat | |
Community association | Ried de Marckolsheim | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 13 ' N , 7 ° 34' E | |
height | 168-174 m | |
surface | 11.25 km 2 | |
Residents | 996 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 89 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 67390 | |
INSEE code | 67011 | |
Mairie Artolsheim |
Artolsheim is a French commune with 996 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ).
location
The community lies in the Rhine plain . The Rhine-Rhône Canal runs between Artolsheim and Hessenheim to the west of it .
Artolsheim is the French municipality furthest from the sea (430 kilometers each from the Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea).
history
The history of the village is closely linked to that of the Ebersmünster monastery near Schlettstadt , which already owned an estate here before the 12th century. Accordingly, there has been a church here since the 10th century. The place was devastated in the Thirty Years War . Because there was fear of a German offensive after the start of the war in 1939, which actually took place in 1940, the population was evacuated to the Dordogne department .
economy
Agriculture and small businesses are important branches of industry . The construction of the east-running Rhine side channel favored the settlement of industry .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1991 | 1999 | 2005 | 2013 |
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694 | 705 | 630 | 649 | 643 | 728 | 848 | 954 |
See also
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 577-579.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IGN Magazine n ° 50, November / December 2008 ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.