Baldersheim

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Baldersheim

(2020–2026) Pierre Logel^[1]Area

12.76 km² (4.93 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,607 • Density200/km² (530/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68015 /68390

Elevation225–233 m (738–764 ft)
(avg. 227 m or 745 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ 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.