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Kientzheim

Kientzheim
Coat of arms of Kientzheim
Coat of arms
Kientzheim is located in France
Kientzheim
Kientzheim
Coordinates: 48°08′13″N 7°17′12″E / 48.1369°N 7.2867°E / 48.1369; 7.2867Coordinates: 48°08′13″N 7°17′12″E / 48.1369°N 7.2867°E / 48.1369; 7.2867
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Intercommunality Vallée de Kaysersberg
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Joseph Fritsch
Area1 4.83 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 819
 • Density 170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 68164 /68240
Elevation 220–662 m (722–2,172 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kientzheim (German: Kienzheim) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg-Vignoble.

Previously the local elementary school was École élémentaire publique école primaire publique.

The Lycée Seijo, a Japanese boarding school, operated in Kientzheim from 1986 to 2005. The European Centre for Japanese Studies in Alsace (French: Centre européen d'études japonaises, CEEJA, Japanese: アルザス・欧州日本学研究所 Aruzasu Ōshū Nihongaku Kenkyūsho) opened at the site of the former school.


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