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Ittenheim Ittene | |
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 The town hall and school in Ittenheim | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ittenheim | |
  Ittenheim  Ittenheim | |
| Coordinates:48°36′18″N7°35′43″E / 48.605°N 7.5953°E /48.605; 7.5953 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Saverne |
| Canton | Bouxwiller |
| Intercommunality | CC Kochersberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Alain Grosskost[1] |
Area 1 | 6.71 km2 (2.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,081 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (803/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67226 /67117 |
| Elevation | 152–212 m (499–696 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ittenheim (French pronunciation:[itənaim]ⓘ;Alsatian:Ittene) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.[3]
Ittenheim is positioned ten kilometres (six miles) to the west ofStrasbourg. The little town is crossed by the departmental road RD1004 (formerlyRoute Nationale 4): before the development of the autoroute network, Ittenheim was the first village passed through by motorists after leaving Strasbourg en route forParis.
Adjacent communes areHurtigheim to the north andHandschuheim to the west.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 911 | — |
| 1975 | 1,060 | +2.19% |
| 1982 | 1,230 | +2.15% |
| 1990 | 1,594 | +3.29% |
| 1999 | 1,904 | +1.99% |
| 2007 | 2,144 | +1.50% |
| 2012 | 2,170 | +0.24% |
| 2017 | 2,111 | −0.55% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
One of the inhabitants of Ittenheim may have saved the life of PresidentJacques Chirac during the 2002Bastille Day parade. Chirac was targeted by a right-wing extremist gunman namedMaxime Brunerie: the man who disarmed the gunman, thereby thwarting a presidential assassination, is called Jacques Weber.
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