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Rixheim
Grand Esttown
Rixheim
Total population
13,795
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Overview
Rixheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.
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Geography
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: * Sausheim * Ottmarsheim * Hombourg * Zimmersheim * Habsheim * Bruebach * Riedisheim * Illzach
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Geography
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Nearby places in Grand Est
- Eschentzwiller2.1 mi away · pop. 1,493
- Schlierbach4.3 mi away · pop. 1,281
- Hombourg5.2 mi away · pop. 1,351
- Zillisheim5.8 mi away · pop. 2,514
- Ruelisheim5.9 mi away · pop. 2,453
- Rantzwiller6.6 mi away · pop. 800
- Magstatt-le-Haut7.8 mi away · pop. 299
- Heimsbrunn8 mi away · pop. 1,336
- Obermorschwiller8 mi away · pop. 406
- Tagolsheim8.4 mi away · pop. 976
- Stetten8.4 mi away · pop. 341
- Munchhouse9 mi away · pop. 1,557
Geography & sun
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 68278
- Department
- 68
- Region
- 44
- Population (Wikidata)
- 14,380
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr