Habsheim

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Habsheim

(2020–2026) Gilbert Fuchs^[1]Area

15.63 km² (6.03 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,055 • Density320/km² (840/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68118 /68440

Elevation236–318 m (774–1,043 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Habsheim (French pronunciation: [apsaim] ^ⓘ) 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.^[3]

History

The Thalbahn Habsheim was a 24.6 km (15.3 mi) long narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in). It was built during World War I by German soldiers and Romanian prisoners of war as a military light railway.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,207	—
1975	2,560	+2.14%
1982	3,644	+5.17%
1990	3,799	+0.52%
1999	4,313	+1.42%
2007	4,744	+1.20%
2012	4,944	+0.83%
2017	4,894	−0.20%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE