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Biesheim

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Biesheim
Coat of arms of Biesheim
Location of Biesheim
Map
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementColmar-Ribeauvillé
CantonEnsisheim
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Georges Trescher
Area
1
16.55 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
2,342
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
68036 /68600
Elevation184–194 m (604–636 ft)
(avg. 190 m or 620 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Biesheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Archaeology

Remains of a Mithraeum have been unearthed in Biesheim in 1977.

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