Ittenheim Explained

Ittenheim
Native Name:Ittene
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Ittenheim 67.svg
Arrondissement:Saverne
Canton:Bouxwiller
Insee:67226
Postal Code:67117
Mayor:Alain Grosskost[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC Kochersberg
Coordinates:48.605°N 7.5953°W
Elevation Min M:152
Elevation Max M:212
Area Km2:6.71

Ittenheim (in French pronounced as /itənaim/; Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian: Ittene) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[2]

Geography

Ittenheim is positioned ten kilometres (six miles) to the west of Strasbourg. The little town is crossed by the departmental road RD1004 (formerly Route Nationale 4): before the development of the autoroute network, Ittenheim was the first village passed through by motorists after leaving Strasbourg en route for Paris.

Adjacent communes are Hurtigheim to the north and Handschuheim to the west.

Celebrity connection

One of the inhabitants of Ittenheim may have saved the life of President Jacques Chirac during the 2002 Bastille Day parade. Chirac was targeted by a right-wing extremist gunman named Maxime Brunerie: the man who disarmed the gunman, thereby thwarting a presidential assassination, is called Jacques Weber.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67226-ittenheim INSEE commune file