Gingsheim

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Gingsheim
Gíngse
Coat of arms of Gingsheim
Location of Gingsheim
Map
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
ArrondissementSaverne
CantonBouxwiller
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Dominique Gross
Area
1
3.71 km2 (1.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
325
 • Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
67158 /67270
Elevation172–264 m (564–866 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gingsheim is a former commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Wingersheim-les-Quatre-Bans.[1]

Geography

Gingsheim is positioned between Duntzenheim to the east and Hohatzenheim to the west.

The countryside is gently hilly and is used for agriculture

Points of interest

Altar-piece: Oil painting (1897) of St Nicholas by Carola Sorg.

See also

References

  1. ^ Arrêté 21 December 2015 Template:Fr