Rixheim
Rìxa
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The commandery in Rixheim
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Rixheim  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°44′58″N 7°24′19″E / 47.7494°N 7.4053°E / 47.7494; 7.4053 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse |
| Canton | Rixheim |
| Intercommunality | Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Rachel Baechtel[1] |
| Area
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| 19.53 km2 (7.54 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 13,795 |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
68278 /68170
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| Elevation | 232–366 m (761–1,201 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rixheim (French pronunciation: [ʁiksaim] ⓘ; Alsatian: Rìxa Alemannic German pronunciation: [ˈʁɪksa]) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin departmentinGrand Est in northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[3]
Rixheim lies 5 kilometers east from the city center of Mulhouse, at the crossroads of Strasbourg and Mulhouse (A35-A36 to Sausheim) and Habsheim to Ottmarsheim (ancient Roman roads), the municipality of Rixheim is located in a loop of the Rhine ditch on the borders of the Hardt forest, the Sundgauvian hills and the alluvial plain of the Jll. The altitudes vary between 365 meters (Zürenwald) and 232 meters (Pont du Bouc). Rixheim lies six Kilometer east of Mulhouse.
There was a commendam of the Teutonic Order, their buildings preserved to this day, were built by Johann Caspar Bagnato. It was under the command of the commendam Altshausen.
The neighbouring communes of Rixheim are, clockwise, starting in the north:
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 5,723 | — |
| 1975 | 8,419 | +5.67% |
| 1982 | 10,718 | +3.51% |
| 1990 | 11,669 | +1.07% |
| 1999 | 12,608 | +0.86% |
| 2007 | 13,103 | +0.48% |
| 2012 | 13,632 | +0.79% |
| 2017 | 13,902 | +0.39% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Rixheim has a public secondary school, the College Captain Dreyfus. It also has 4 elementary schools.
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