Kientzheim
Kientzheim | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kientzheim  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé |
| Canton | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de Kaysersberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Joseph Fritsch |
| Area 1 | 4.83 km2 (1.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 819 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68164 /68240 |
| Elevation | 220–662 m (722–2,172 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Kientzheim (German: Kienzheim) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg-Vignoble.[1]
Education
Previously the local elementary school was École élémentaire publique école primaire publique.[2]
The Lycée Seijo, a Japanese boarding school,[3] operated in Kientzheim from 1986 to 2005.[4] The European Centre for Japanese Studies in Alsace (French: Centre européen d'études japonaises, CEEJA, Japanese: アルザス・欧州日本学研究所 Aruzasu Ōshū Nihongaku Kenkyūsho) opened at the site of the former school.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Arrêté 14 July 2015 Template:Fr
- ^ "École élémentaire publique école primaire publique." French Ministry of Education. Retrieved on October 6, 2016.
- ^ Home page" (Archive). Lycée Seijo. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "8, route d'Ammerschwihr, 68240 KIENTZHEIM, FRANCE"
- ^ "Seijo Gakuen closes French campus." (archived from the original) The Japan Times. Sunday February 13, 2005. Retrieved on 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Du lycée Seijo au Centre d’études japonaises." (Archive) L'Alsace. 19 March 2013. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "L’ancien lycée Seijo, à Kientzheim, a accueilli des élèves japonais entre les années 1980 et 2006. On y trouve aujourd’hui le Centre européen d’études japonaises."
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kientzheim.
 | This Haut-Rhin geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |