Fessenheim

Fessenheim
Fessenheim
Location within Alsace region  Fessenheim
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Guebwiller
Canton	Ensisheim
Intercommunality	Essor du Rhin
Mayor	Fabienne Stich (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	201–215 m (659–705 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft)
Land area1	18.4 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Population2	2,273  (2006)
- Density	124 /km2 (320 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	68091/ 68740
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.

Fessenheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

It is known for:

• its hydroelectric power plant on the Grand Canal d'Alsace (probably since 1959);
• the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant next to the Grand Canal d'Alsace, the oldest in service in France since 1977;
• a road and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine (210 m long, 7 m wide) to Hartheim in Germany since 2006;
• the Victor Schoelcher museum.

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin département
• Fessenheim-le-Bas

References

• INSEE