Fessenheim
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Fessenheim
Fassene (Alsatian) | |
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![]() The town hall in Fessenheim | |
Coordinates: 47°54′56″N 7°32′12″E / 47.9156°N 7.5367°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Haut-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé |
Canton | Ensisheim |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Brender[1] |
Area 1 | 18.4 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,299 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 68091 /68740 |
Elevation | 201–215 m (659–705 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Fessenheim (French pronunciation: [fɛsənaim] ; Alsatian: Fassene) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is known for:
- its hydroelectric power plant on the Grand Canal d'Alsace (built 1953–1956, inaugurated 1957);
- the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant next to the Grand Canal d'Alsace, formerly the oldest in service in France since 1977 until it shut down in 2020;
- a road and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine (210 m long, 7 m wide) to Hartheim in Germany since 2006;
- the Victor Schœlcher museum, honoring the 19th Century Abolitionist Victor Schœlcher whose father, Marc Schœlcher, was born in Fessenheim.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 896 | — |
1975 | 1,653 | +9.14% |
1982 | 2,002 | +2.77% |
1990 | 2,000 | −0.01% |
1999 | 2,097 | +0.53% |
2007 | 2,250 | +0.88% |
2012 | 2,288 | +0.34% |
2017 | 2,353 | +0.56% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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