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Limersheim Limersche | |
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 The town hall in Limersheim | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Limersheim | |
  Limersheim  Limersheim | |
| Coordinates:48°27′24″N7°38′42″E / 48.4567°N 7.645°E /48.4567; 7.645 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein |
| Canton | Erstein |
| Intercommunality | CC Canton d'Erstein |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Stéphane Schaal[1] |
Area 1 | 5.58 km2 (2.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 683 |
| • Density | 122/km2 (317/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) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Limersheim is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inAlsace in north-easternFrance.[3] It is a rural tourist destination, boasting severalhalf-timbered houses.[4]
Limersheim is positioned on the Alsace Plain, approximately eight kilometres (five miles) west of the riverRhine and some sixteen kilometres (ten miles) to the south ofStrasbourg. Adjacent communes areHindisheim undNordhouse. The village is less than a kilometre away from departmental road RD1083, a four lane trunk road which until the extension of theautoroute network early in the twenty-first century was part of the main north-south highway through Alsace.
The village is located in theAlsace 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 theRhine is also used for the cultivation of other crops includingcereals,tobacco andpotatoes.
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