Wintzenheim | |
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Coordinates: 48°04′26″N 7°17′26″E / 48.0739°N 7.2906°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Haut-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé |
Canton | Wintzenheim |
Intercommunality | Colmar Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Serge Nicole [1] |
Area 1 | 18.97 km2 (7.32 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 7,989 |
• Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
68374 /68920 |
Elevation | 202–827 m (663–2,713 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. |
Wintzenheim (French pronunciation: [vintsənaim] ⓘ; German: Winzenheim) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France. [3]
Wintzenheim is a town of about 8,000 inhabitants (2020) to the west of Colmar. Colmar is a town which receives very little rain because it benefits from a microclimate (called the micro-climat des Trois-Épis ) due to the effect of a vortex propagated by the Munster valley with winds from the south-west to west. Situated only 3 km (1.9 mi) from Colmar, Wintzenheim benefits from this micro-climate.
Until the French Revolution, Wintzenheim was a dependency of the Lords of Hohlandsbourg. It was administered by the Ribeaupierre family and later by the Counts of Lupfen and, in the 16th century, by Lazarus von Schwendi (also known as Lazare de Schwendi). Louvois rewarded general Joseph de Montclar with this fief in 1680.
Its inhabitants are called Wintzenheimois in French.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 6,001 | — |
1975 | 6,311 | +0.72% |
1982 | 6,441 | +0.29% |
1990 | 6,554 | +0.22% |
1999 | 7,180 | +1.02% |
2009 | 7,610 | +0.58% |
2014 | 7,536 | −0.20% |
2020 | 7,933 | +0.86% |
Source: INSEE [4] |