Eguisheim

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Coordinates: 48°02′37″N 7°18′24″E / 48.0436111111, 7.30666666667

Commune of Eguisheim

Street in Eguisheim
Location
Eguisheim (France)
Eguisheim
Administration
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Colmar
Canton Wintzenheim
Mayor Pierre Hussherr
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 191 m–764 m
(avg. 210 m)
Land area¹ 14,13 km²
Population²
(1999)		 1548
 - Density 109/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 68078/ 68420
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France
A window in Eguisheim with an inscription in German
A window in Eguisheim with an inscription in German

Eguisheim (German: Egisheim) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace, France. Population (1999): 1,548.

The commune was the birthplace of Pope Leo IX on June 21, 1002.

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