Limersheim

Limersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is a tourist attraction with destinations such as the heritage site Strasbourg Grand Ile and villages like Hunawihr and Riquewihr.

Limersheim Limersche
Commune
The town hall in Limersheim
Coat of arms
Location of Limersheim
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Coordinates: 48°27′24″N 7°38′42″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Erstein
Intercommunality	Pays d'Erstein
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Schaal
Area ^1	5.58 km^2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	654
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67266 /67150
Elevation	147–155 m (482–509 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Limersheim is positioned on the Alsace Plain, approximately eight kilometres (five miles) west of the river Rhine and some sixteen kilometres (ten miles) to the south of Strasbourg. Adjacent communes are Hindisheim und Nordhouse. The village is less than a kilometre away from departmental road RD1083, a four lane trunk road which until the extension of the autoroute network early in the twenty-first century was part of the main north-south highway through Alsace.

The village is located in the Alsace wine producing area and there is accordingly within it a street named "Rue du Vin". The rich alluvial soil characteristic of the land near this part of the Rhine is also used for the cultivation of other crops including cereals, tobacco and potatoes.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file
• Limersheim on the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Erstein Website

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.