Kientzheim

Part of Kaysersberg-Vignoble in Grand Est, France

Part of Kaysersberg Vignoble in Grand Est, France

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Location of Kientzheim

48°08′13″N 7°17′12″E / 48.1369°N 7.2867°E / 48.1369; 7.2867CountryFranceRegionGrand EstDepartmentHaut-RhinArrondissementColmar-RibeauvilléCantonSainte-Marie-aux-MinesCommuneKaysersberg Vignoble Area

4.83 km² (1.86 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

721 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

68240

Elevation220–662 m (722–2,172 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kientzheim (French pronunciation: [kintsaim] ^ⓘ; German: Kienzheim; Alsatian: Kientza) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg Vignoble.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	794	—
2011	747	−1.21%
2021	721	−0.35%
Source: INSEE^[3]^[1]

Education

The village has a primary school: "les Crecelles".^[4]

The Lycée Seijo, a Japanese boarding school,^[5] operated in Kientzheim from 1986 to 2005.^[6] The European Centre for Japanese Studies in Alsace (French: Centre européen d'études japonaises, CEEJA, Japanese: アルザス・欧州日本学研究所 Aruzasu Ōshū Nihongaku Kenkyūsho) opened at the site of the former school.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
^ Arrêté 14 July 2015 (in French)
^ Populations légales 2011, INSEE
^ Ecole primaire Les Crecelles, French Ministry of Education. Retrieved on 17 January 2024.
^ Home page" (Archive). Lycée Seijo. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "8, route d'Ammerschwihr, 68240 KIENTZHEIM, FRANCE"
^ "Seijo Gakuen closes French campus." (archived from the original) The Japan Times. Sunday February 13, 2005. Retrieved on 2 January 2013.
^ "Du lycée Seijo au Centre d’études japonaises ." (Archive) L'Alsace. 19 March 2013. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "L’ancien lycée Seijo, à Kientzheim, a accueilli des élèves japonais entre les années 1980 et 2006. On y trouve aujourd’hui le Centre européen d’études japonaises."