Reichshoffen

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Reichshoffen

(2020–2026) Hubert Walter^[1]Area

17.64 km² (6.81 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,416 • Density310/km² (800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

67388 /67110

Elevation170–301 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

Reichshoffen is home to CAF Reichshoffen railcar operations, formerly owned by Alstom.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

List of mayors

List of successive Mayors of Reichshoffen since 1945^[6]
In office		Name	Party	Capacity	Ref.
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

Kandel (Germany) since 1961.

References

^ ^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". 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.