Bischoffsheim

Bischoffsheim Bìsche
Coat of arms
Bischoffsheim
Location within Alsace region Bischoffsheim
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim
Canton	Molsheim
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Paul Schlepp
Area1	12.33 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,126
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67045 / 67870
Elevation	149–362 m (489–1,188 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.

Bischoffsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in northeastern France.

Neighboring communes

• Bœrsch
• Griesheim-près-Molsheim
• Rosheim
• Krautergersheim
• Obernai
• Innenheim
• Blaesheim

History

Archaeological discoveries attest to the presence of people in the site of Bischoffsheim since the Neolithic, five to six thousand years BCE. Various remains indicate that the site was already important before the Roman period.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1882	1,839	—
1962	1,477	−19.7%
1968	1,495	+1.2%
1975	1,819	+21.7%
1982	2,075	+14.1%
1990	2,176	+4.9%
1999	2,768	+27.2%
2006	3,126	+12.9%
2009	3,264	+4.4%

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official site
• Bischoffsheim at Quid.fr
• Location of Bischoffsheim on a map of France and neighboring communes