Kientzheim

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Kientzheim
Coat of arms of Kientzheim
Coat of arms
Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Area1 4.83 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (2021)2 721
 • Density 150/km2 (390/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 68164 / 68240
Elevation 220–662 m (722–2,172 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 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.

Kientzheim (French pronunciation: [kintsaim]; German: Kienzheim; Alsatian: Kientza) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg Vignoble.[1]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
2006 794 —    
2011 747 −1.21%
2021 721 −0.35%
Source: INSEE[2][3]

Education

The village has a primary school: "les Crecelles".[4]

The Lycée Seijo, a Japanese boarding school,[5] operated in Kientzheim from 1986 to 2005.[6] The European Centre for Japanese Studies in Alsace (French: Centre européen d'études japonaises, CEEJA, Japanese: アルザス・欧州日本学研究所 Aruzasu Ōshū Nihongaku Kenkyūsho) opened at the site of the former school.[7]

See also

References

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  2. Populations légales 2011, INSEE
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  4. Ecole primaire Les Crecelles, French Ministry of Education. Retrieved on 17 January 2024.
  5. Home page" (Archive). Lycée Seijo. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "8, route d'Ammerschwihr, 68240 KIENTZHEIM, FRANCE"
  6. "Seijo Gakuen closes French campus." (archived from the original) The Japan Times. Sunday February 13, 2005. Retrieved on 2 January 2013.
  7. "Du lycée Seijo au Centre d’études japonaises ." (Archive) L'Alsace. 19 March 2013. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "L’ancien lycée Seijo, à Kientzheim, a accueilli des élèves japonais entre les années 1980 et 2006. On y trouve aujourd’hui le Centre européen d’études japonaises."

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