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| Coordinates: 47°47′32″N 7°20′19″E / 47.7922°N 7.3386°ECoordinates: 47°47′32″N 7°20′19″E / 47.7922°N 7.3386°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Wittenheim | |
| Intercommunality | Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (M2A) | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Joseph Spiegel | |
| Area1 | 6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 12,949 | |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68166 / 68260 | |
| Elevation | 227–250 m (745–820 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Kingersheim (Alsatian: Kingersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. A few centuries ago, it was still a small village but nowadays Kingersheim has become the eighth municipality of the Haut-Rhin. The town is mainly a residential district but we can also find an important commercial area which extends up to Wittenheim. Its inhabitants are called Kingersheimois and Kingersheimoises.
Located in the Alsace plain, the town of Kingersheim has almost no relief.
Since the 1970s, its population increased a lot, owing to its situation in the urban agglomeration of Mulhouse. During these last years, the urbanization got denser, especially because of the construction of individual homes and the project of building a green district.
Kingersheim first appeared in 1195, and was named Kemingsen. Its origin is from a legend, concerning a hunting lodge probably erected in the historic center. The Schoenensteinbach chronicle is about the condition of the parishes of Wittenheim and Kingersheim during the 12th and 13th centuries. This Chronicle recalls that in the year 1199, the bishop Lüthold de Bâle, commanded the Kingersheim chapel to be connected to Wittenheim parish. In 1202, Pope Innocent III confirmed the ruling letters of the two bishops and in 1216, Neuwiller abbey gave as a present to the Schoenensteinbach monastery, a relic of Saint Adelphe which was dropped off in Kingersheim chapel.
Noblemen of Hus Wittenheim were the lords of Kingersheim since the 14th century and thereafter, their successors, the Andlau nobles. Lots of titles or charter of investiture have been written, among which the 1351 title. It is written that Therry de Hust is invested of a quarter of Wittenheim castle as well as a quarter of Kingersheim village. Wittenheim village formerly constituted in the feodal system the body of a burg having received a charter which allowed the lords to govern more than one village, amongst others, Kingersheim village.
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