Kolbsheim

Kolbsheim Kolbse
Coat of arms
Kolbsheim
Location within Alsace region Kolbsheim
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Strasbourg
Canton	Lingolsheim
Intercommunality	Châteaux
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008–2014)	Dany Karcher
Area1	3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	819
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67247 / 67120
Elevation	152–211 m (499–692 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Kolbsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Between June 1974 and January 1983 the commune was merged with Duppigheim.

Geography

Kolbsheim is an Alsatian village positioned a short distance to the south-west of Strasbourg, and less than two kilometres from Strasbourg Airport. Adjacent communes are Hangenbieten, Breuschwickersheim and Ernolsheim sur Bruche.

Notable people

• Jacques Maritain

See also

• Château de Kolbsheim
• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file