Blaesheim

Blaesheim Blaase
11th-12th-century church bell, Blaesheim 11th-12th-century church bell, Blaesheim
Coat of arms of Blaesheim Coat of arms
Blaesheim
Location within Alsace region Blaesheim
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Strasbourg
Canton	Lingolsheim
Intercommunality	Urban Community of Strasbourg
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Baur
Area1	9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,281
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67049 / 67113
Elevation	146–198 m (479–650 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.

Blaesheim (German: Bläsheim) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in northeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	692	—
1968	754	+9.0%
1975	908	+20.4%
1982	934	+2.9%
1990	1,000	+7.1%
1999	1,369	+36.9%
2006	1,318	−3.7%
2009	1,281	−2.8%

Blaesheim process

A meeting held in Blaesheim, January 2001, between Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder has given this name to a regular series of informal meetings between the French President, the German Chancellor, and their foreign ministers. The meetings are held alternately in France and Germany.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file
• Blaesheim summit meetings, 2001 onwards (in French)