Leutenheim
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Location within Alsace region
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| Coordinates: 48°50′37″N 8°01′17″E / 48.8436°N 8.0214°ECoordinates: 48°50′37″N 8°01′17″E / 48.8436°N 8.0214°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau |
| Canton | Bischwiller |
| Intercommunality | Uffried |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Gérard Lehmann |
| Area | |
| • Land1 | 10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Population2 | 846 |
| • Population2 density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67264 / 67480 |
| Elevation | 115–139 m (377–456 ft) |
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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. |
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Leutenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Haguenau and a short distance west of the Rhine, which here defines the frontier between France and Germany.
History[edit]
In eighth- and ninth-century records the village appears as Lithaim.
In around 1140 Königsbrück Abbey was founded here, a Cistercian nunnery, dissolved during the French Revolution.
Before the Rhine was channeled, the landscape here was marshy and criss-crossed by branches of the river. Accordingly, the settlement is constructed on warfts.
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