Baldersheim

Baldersheim
Commune
Baldersheim Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Baldersheim
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Coordinates: 47°48′03″N 7°22′52″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Rixheim
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Logel[1]
Area ^1	12.76 km^2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,607
• Density	200/km^2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68015 /68390
Elevation	225–233 m (738–764 ft) (avg. 227 m or 745 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baldersheim (French pronunciation: [baldəʁsaim] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.^[3] It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.^[4]

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Baldersheim, France

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	981	—
1975	1,474	+5.99%
1982	1,837	+3.20%
1990	2,238	+2.50%
1999	2,206	−0.16%
2007	2,519	+1.67%
2012	2,603	+0.66%
2017	2,616	+0.10%
Source: INSEE[5]

Etymology

Baldersheim was first attested as Balthersheim in 976, and is of Germanic origin. The toponym derives from the genitive of anthroponym Baldo (see *balþaz), with suffix -heim pointing to Germanic *-haim. This toponymic pattern is common in the departments of Moselle, Bas Rhin and Haut Rhin.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. Caljouw, William Robert (1981). "Germanic elements in French Toponymy". University of British Columbia. pp. 145–146. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Retrieved 2021-01-12.