Kientzheim

Kientzheim
Part of Kaysersberg Vignoble
Coat of arms of Kientzheim
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Location of Kientzheim
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Kientzheim is located in France
Kientzheim
Kientzheim
Kientzheim is located in Grand Est
Kientzheim
Kientzheim
Coordinates: 48°08′13″N 7°17′12″E / 48.1369°N 7.2867°E / 48.1369; 7.2867
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementColmar-Ribeauvillé
CantonSainte-Marie-aux-Mines
CommuneKaysersberg Vignoble
Area
1
4.83 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
721
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
68240
Elevation220–662 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.

Kientzheim (French: [kintsajm] ⓘ; German: Kienzheim; Alsatian: Kientza) 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.[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006794—    
2011747−1.21%
2021721−0.35%
Source: INSEE[3][1]

Education

The village has a primary school: "les Crecelles".[4]

The Lycée Seijo, a Japanese boarding school,[5] operated in Kientzheim from 1986 to 2005.[6] 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.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ^ Arrêté 14 July 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ Populations légales 2011, INSEE
  4. ^ Ecole primaire Les Crecelles, French Ministry of Education. Retrieved on 17 January 2024.
  5. ^ Home page" (Archive). Lycée Seijo. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "8, route d'Ammerschwihr, 68240 KIENTZHEIM, FRANCE"
  6. ^ "Seijo Gakuen closes French campus." (archived from the original) The Japan Times. Sunday February 13, 2005. Retrieved on 2 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Du lycée Seijo au Centre d’études japonaises ." (Archive) L'Alsace. 19 March 2013. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "L’ancien lycée Seijo, à Kientzheim, a accueilli des élèves japonais entre les années 1980 et 2006. On y trouve aujourd’hui le Centre européen d’études japonaises."
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