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Coordinates: 48°29′51″N 7°28′13″E / 48.4975°N 7.47027778°E
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Commune of Rosheim |
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  Rosheim
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Molsheim |
| Canton | Rosheim |
| Intercommunality | Canton de Rosheim |
| Mayor | Michel Herr (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 164–842 m (540–2,760 ft) |
| Land area1 | 29.55 km2 (11.41 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 4,776 (2006) |
| - Density | 162 /km² (420 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 67411/ 67560 |
| 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. | |
Rosheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in northeastern France.
It lies 25 km southwest of Strasbourg, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. It is a winemaking town on the touristic "Road of the Wines of Alsace" and "Romanesque route of Alsace".
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Geography
Distance from Paris 450 km, Strasbourg 25 km, Obernai 7 km, Molsheim 7 km.
Sights
- Church Saint-Pierre-et-Paul (building 12th century, tower 14th century, organ 18th century)
- Church Saint-Etienne (18th century, belltower 12th century)
- Maison païenne (“pagan house”, 12th century)
- City Hall (18th century)
- Old well (Puits aux six seaux) (17th century)
- Four fortified tower-gates (13th and 14th century)
- Half-timbered houses (16th century)
Personalities
- Heinrich Eggestein (ca. 1415-1488), pioneering book printer
- Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939), Nobel Prize 1987
- Claude Vasconi (born 1940), architect
See also
References
External links
- www.rosheim.com Official site
- www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/rosheim.htm Tourism office site
- Pictures of the Saint Peter and Paul's church
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