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Coordinates: 48°32′37″N 7°29′35″E / 48.54361111°N 7.49305556°E
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Commune of Molsheim |
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 Église des Jésuites |
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  Molsheim
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Molsheim |
| Canton | Molsheim |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la région de Molsheim-Mutzig |
| Mayor | Laurent Furst (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 165–371 m (540–1,220 ft) (avg. 180 m/590 ft) |
| Land area1 | 10.85 km2 (4.19 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 9,382 (2006) |
| - Density | 865 /km2 (2,240 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 67300/ 67120 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Molsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The total population in 2006 was 9,382. Molsheim had been a very fast growing city between the French censuses of 1968 and 1999, passing from 5,739 to 9,331 inhabitants, but this increase came to a noticeable halt since.[1] The metropolitan area of Molsheim had 11,760 inhabitants in 2006, from 7,747 in 1968.[2]
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Cityscape
The old town of Molsheim is well-preserved and contains a considerable number of old houses and buildings of typically Alsatian architecture. The most notable buildings are the medieval Tour des Forgerons, the Renaissance Metzig, the baroque (although built in late gothic style) Eglise des Jésuites - an inordinately large church insofar as it could house the entire population of the town when built - and the classical Hôtel de ville. The former monastery La Chartreuse, partly destroyed in the French Revolution, now houses a museum ; covering an area of 3 hectares (7.4 acres), it used to be a genuine city within the city.
History
A number of Merovingian tombs, dating from the sixth and seventh centuries were discovered in 1935 to the north of the town, on the Roman road leading from Avolsheim.
Economy
Molsheim is notable as the home of the Bugatti automotive industry factory. Production of the Bugatti Veyron by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. restarted in Dorlisheim near Molsheim in 2005.
See also
References
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- ^ Commune : Molsheim (67300) on INSEE
- ^ Aire urbaine 1999 : Molsheim (341) on INSEE
External links
- Town council website
- Saint George's and Trinity Church in the Structurae database
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