Biltzheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller | |
| Canton | Ensisheim | |
| Community association | Center du Haut-Rhin | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 57 ' N , 7 ° 23' E | |
| height | 199-206 m | |
| surface | 7.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 444 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68127 | |
| INSEE code | 68037 | |
| Website | http://www.biltzheim.com/ | |
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Biltzheim ( Alsatian Biltze until 2003 Bilzheim ) is a French municipality with 444 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the region Grand Est (2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Ensisheim in the Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller .
geography
Biltzheim is ten kilometers south of Colmar on the left bank of the Ill .
The neighboring communities clockwise are Oberhergheim in the north and east, Niederentzen in the south, Oberentzen in the south-west and Rouffach in the west.
history
The place was first mentioned in 1278 as Bilolzheim , the residence of a man named Bilold .
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Biltzheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Gebweiler district in the Upper Alsace district . The place was largely spared from the First World War. During the Second World War it was temporarily part of the neighboring municipality of Oberhergheim.
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 231 | 146 | 162 | 154 | 153 | 314 | 334 | 365 | 444 |
Others
The private race track Anneau du Rhin (Rheinring) is two kilometers southeast of the village.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 339-341.
