Reichshoffen | |
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The town hall in Reichshoffen | |
Coordinates: 48°56′06″N 7°40′01″E / 48.935°N 7.6669°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Bas-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
Canton | Reichshoffen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Hubert Walter[1] |
Area 1 | 17.64 km2 (6.81 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 5,416 |
• Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 67388 /67110 |
Elevation | 170–301 m (558–988 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Reichshoffen (French pronunciation: [ʁaiʃofən], [ʁaiʃsofən] or [ʁaiçsofən];[3] German: Reichshofen; Alsatian: Risshoffe) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[4] Église Saint-Michel de Reichshoffen was built in 1772.
Economy
[edit]Reichshoffen is home to CAF Reichshoffen railcar operations, formerly owned by Alstom.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,612 | — |
1975 | 5,035 | +1.26% |
1982 | 5,034 | −0.00% |
1990 | 5,092 | +0.14% |
1999 | 5,183 | +0.20% |
2007 | 5,577 | +0.92% |
2012 | 5,516 | −0.22% |
2017 | 5,396 | −0.44% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
Politics and administration
[edit]List of mayors
[edit]In office | Name | Party | Capacity | Ref. | |
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1945 | May 1953 | Comte Jean de Leusse | |||
May 1953 | March 1971 | Comte Pierre de Leusse | |||
March 1971 | March 1989 | François Grussenmeyer | UDR then RPR | Deputy (1958-1993) | |
March 1989 | March 2001 | Charles Antoine Zimmer | DVG | Teacher | |
March 2001 | Incumbent | Hubert Walter | UMP-LR | Regional councilor for the Grand Est (2015-)
Vice-President of the CC du Pays de Niederbronn-les-Bains |
2020 el.[1] |
Twin towns
[edit]See also
[edit]- Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen
- Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Localisation et prononciation des noms de lieux d'Alsace commençant par R". elsasser.free.fr. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Les Maires à Reichshoffen". reichshoffen.free.fr. Retrieved 2020-12-03.