Hessenheim | |
Native Name: | Hesse |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Hessenheim (Bas-Rhin).svg |
Arrondissement: | Sélestat-Erstein |
Canton: | Sélestat |
Insee: | 67195 |
Postal Code: | 67390 |
Mayor: | Anne-Louise Ulrich[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Ried de Marckolsheim |
Coordinates: | 48.21°N 7.5517°W |
Elevation Min M: | 170 |
Elevation Max M: | 177 |
Area Km2: | 5.21 |
Hessenheim (in French pronounced as /ɛsənaim/) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.[2]
Hessenheim lies just over twelve kilometres (eight miles) to the southeast of Sélestat. To the south is the commune of Heidolsheim; Marckolsheim is across the canal to the east. On the eastern side, the commune's territory is bordered by the Rhône-Rhine Canal, which here runs parallel with but approximately four kilometres to the west of the river Rhine itself and the German frontier.
The economy is based on agriculture: an important ingredient in that is livestock rearing. To the north of the village is the so-called Hessenheimer Pasture land, though most of this is within the adjacent commune of Mussig.