Artolsheim

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Artolsheim
Artolsheim coat of arms
Artolsheim (France)
Artolsheim
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Sélestat
Community association Ried de Marckolsheim
Coordinates 48 ° 13 '  N , 7 ° 34'  E 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

Mairie Artolsheim

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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
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

Commons : Artolsheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ign.fr