Wittenheim

Wittenheim

The town hall

Coat of arms
Wittenheim

Coordinates: 47°48′29″N 7°20′15″E / 47.8081°N 7.3375°E / 47.8081; 7.3375Coordinates: 47°48′29″N 7°20′15″E / 47.8081°N 7.3375°E / 47.8081; 7.3375
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Mulhouse
Canton Wittenheim
Intercommunality Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Antoine Homé
Area1 19.01 km2 (7.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 14,371
  Density 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 68376 / 68270
Dialling codes 0389[1]
Elevation 223–254 m (732–833 ft)
(avg. 230 m or 750 ft)

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.

Wittenheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is one of the northern suburbs of the city of Mulhouse, and forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[2] The commune contains two mining villages, the Cité Jeune-Bois and the Cité Sainte-Barbe.

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