Rixheim

Rixheim Rixe
Commune
The commandery in Rixheim
Coat of arms
Location of Rixheim
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Coordinates: 47°44′58″N 7°24′19″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Rixheim
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ludovic Haye
Area 1	19.53 km2 (7.54 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	13,795
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68278 /68170
Elevation	232–366 m (761–1,201 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rixheim (French pronunciation: [ʁiksaim] ; Alsatian: Rixe) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.

Geography

Rixheim lies 5 kilometers east from the city center of Mulhouse, at the crossroads of Strasbourg and Mulhouse (A35-A36 to Sausheim) and Habsheim to Ottmarsheim (ancient Roman roads), the municipality of Rixheim is located in a loop of the Rhine ditch on the borders of the Hardt forest, the Sundgauvian hills and the alluvial plain of the Jll. The altitudes vary between 365 meters (Zürenwald) and 232 meters (Pont du Bouc). Rixheim lies six Kilometer east of Mulhouse.

There was a commendam of the Teutonic Order, their buildings preserved to this day, were built by Johann Caspar Bagnato. It was under the command of the commendam Altshausen.

Neighbouring communes

The neighbouring communes of Rixheim are, clockwise, starting in the north:

• Sausheim
• Ottmarsheim
• Hombourg
• Zimmersheim
• Habsheim
• Bruebach
• Riedisheim
• Illzach

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,723	—
1975	8,419	+5.67%
1982	10,718	+3.51%
1990	11,669	+1.07%
1999	12,608	+0.86%
2007	13,103	+0.48%
2012	13,632	+0.79%
2017	13,902	+0.39%
Source: INSEE

Education

Rixheim has a public secondary school, the College Captain Dreyfus. It also has 4 elementary schools.

Twin towns

• Lohne, Germany, Niedersachsen, Germany (since 1987)
• San Vito al Tagliamento, Friaul-Julisch Venetien, Italy
• Kanton Valence-sur-Baïse, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notable places

• The former Commandery of the Teutonic Order
• The Saint-Léger church, with organ and the old presbytery
• Fountain of John of Nepomuk
• War memorial
• The museum of wallpaper

• 
  Fountain of John of Nepomuk
• 
  The former Commandery
• 
  Entrance to the Park of the Commandery
• 
  Museum of wallpaper
• 
  Saint-Léger church
• 
  Rixheim Station

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

External links

• Official website (in French)