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Baldersheim

Baldersheim Town Hall

Baldersheim Town Hall

Coat of arms of Baldersheim

Coat of arms

Location of Baldersheim

Map

Baldersheim is located in France

Baldersheim

Baldersheim

Baldersheim is located in Grand Est

Baldersheim

Baldersheim

Coordinates: 47°48′03″N 7°22′52″E / 47.8008°N 7.3811°E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementMulhouse
CantonRixheim
IntercommunalityMulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pierre Logel[1]

Area

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12.76 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population

 (2022)[2]

2,577
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code

68015 /68390

Elevation225–233 m (738–764 ft)
(avg. 227 m or 745 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baldersheim (French pronunciation: [baldəʁsaim] ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.[3] It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[4]

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Baldersheim, France
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 981—    
1975 1,474+5.99%
1982 1,837+3.20%
1990 2,238+2.50%
1999 2,206−0.16%
2007 2,519+1.67%
2012 2,603+0.66%
2017 2,616+0.10%
Source: INSEE[5]

Baldersheim was first attested as Balthersheim in 976, and is of Germanic origin. The toponym derives from the genitive of anthroponym Baldo (see *balþaz), with suffix -heim pointing to Germanic *-haim. This toponymic pattern is common in the departments of Moselle, Bas Rhin and Haut Rhin.[6]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ Caljouw, William Robert (1981). "Germanic elements in French Toponymy". University of British Columbia. pp. 145–146. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Retrieved 2021-01-12.