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Ingolsheim Íngelse | |
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.jpg) Street in Ingolsheim | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ingolsheim | |
  Ingolsheim  Ingolsheim | |
| Coordinates:48°58′30″N7°56′16″E / 48.975°N 7.9378°E /48.975; 7.9378 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Wissembourg |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Richard Frey[1] |
Area 1 | 4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 361 |
| • Density | 80.9/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67221 /67250 |
| Elevation | 146–205 m (479–673 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ingolsheim (French pronunciation:[iŋ(ɡ)ɔlsaim]ⓘ) is acommune in the north of theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.[3]
The commune is part of theNorthern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
Ingolsheim is a small village with an economy based on agriculture. During the second half of the twentieth century French agriculture became very much more mechanized than hitherto, and many villagers work in the surrounding towns.
The village is positioned betweenSoultz-sous-Forêts andWissembourg. Adjacent communes areCleebourg,Hunspach,Riedseltz andSeebach.
The origins of Ingolsheim go back more than a thousand years. It appears as "Ingoldeshaha" in animperial record ofOtto II, from the year 967. The name mutated through various versions before becoming "Ingolsheim".
Thereformation reached the village in 1558, and the parish was served by ashared church until the construction of aCatholic church in 1900.
TheSecond World War was rendered the more shocking for the villagers by the proximity of theMaginot line, less than a kilometre away, and in particular the nearbySchoenenbourg fortifications. The village was one of manyAlsatian communities located near the frontier to be evacuated toHaute-Vienne, in this case to the village ofBessines-sur-Gartempe.
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