Habsheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Rixheim | |
| Community association | Mulhouse Alsace agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 44 ' N , 7 ° 25' E | |
| height | 236-318 m | |
| surface | 15.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,894 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 313 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68440 | |
| INSEE code | 68118 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-habsheim.fr/ | |
 Mairie Habsheim |
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Habsheim (Alsatian Habse ) is a French commune with 4894 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). The municipality is located in the canton of Rixheim .
geography
The community is on the edge of the Upper Rhine Plain , about seven kilometers southeast of the city center of Mulhouse .
history
Habsheim was first mentioned in a document in 757 under the name Habuhinesheim , home of Habuchino , a Frankish gentleman.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Habsheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Mulhouse in the district of Upper Alsace .
On June 26, 1988 fell on the Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport an Airbus A320-100 of Air France at a demonstration flight ( Air France Flight 296 ), and claimed three lives.
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1936 | 1941 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2024 | 2124 | 2081 | 1874 | 2207 | 2560 | 3644 | 3799 | 4313 | 4684 | 4894 |
traffic
Habsheim is on the Strasbourg – Basel railway line and the A 35 autoroute (junction 33). Départementsstrasse 201, which runs from the state border near Basel to the Île Napoléon, runs through the village .
The Mulhouse-Habsheim airfield, which has existed since 1909 and is mainly used for hobby aviation, is located in the area of Rixheim and Habsheim. During the First World War, Ernst Udet , who was a member of Jagdstaffel 15 (Jasta 15), was stationed here for a time .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 538-540.
