Fessenheim-le-Bas

Fessenheim-le-Bas
Coat of arms of Fessenheim-le-Bas Coat of arms
Fessenheim-le-Bas
Location within Alsace region Fessenheim-le-Bas
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Bouxwiller
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Pierre Luttmann
Area1	4.95 km2 (1.91 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	453
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67138 / 67117
Elevation	161–208 m (528–682 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.

Fessenheim-le-Bas (German: Fessenheim) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

It has been built near an old Roman road leading from Strasbourg to Saverne.

Notable people

• Aloyse Kobès (born at Fessenheim on April 14, 1820: died at Dakar on October 11, 1872) was the first missionary bishop from Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine. Since 1972 a French school at Dakar has borne his name.

Transport link

The town is served by Bus Route 205 of the Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS) inter-urban service.

See also

• Fessenheim
• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
• Community of Communes of the Kochersberg
• Kochersberg

References

• INSEE commune file