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Fegersheim Fajersche | |
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 The town hall in Fegersheim | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Fegersheim | |
  Fegersheim  Fegersheim | |
| Coordinates:48°29′29″N7°40′52″E / 48.4914°N 7.6811°E /48.4914; 7.6811 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg |
| Canton | Lingolsheim |
| Intercommunality | Strasbourg Eurométropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Thierry Schaal[1] |
Area 1 | 6.25 km2 (2.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,769 |
| • Density | 923/km2 (2,390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67137 /67640 |
| Elevation | 142–149 m (466–489 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fegersheim (French pronunciation:[fegəʁsajm]ⓘ) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.[3]
Fegersheim is located 12 kilometres (7 mi) to the south of Strasbourg, between the RiversAndlau, Scheer andIll.
Between 1962 and 1999 the registered population increased from 2153 to 4533, reflecting economic growth in theStrasbourg area.
The discovery of tombs from the third century BC indicates that the site was occupied during the Celtic period.
The little town acquired its urban status in the eleventh century. At that time theBenedictine monastery ofnearby Eschau owned a substantial property in Fegersheim. In the following centuries until1789 Fegersheim and its conjoined settlement of Ohnheim would be held as an episcopal fiefdom, successively, byOchsenstein,Hanau-Lichtenberg andRathsamhausen.
Fegersheim enjoyed a few days of prominence in 1680 when the court ofLouis XIV, accompanied byBishop Bossuet (tutor to the Dauphin) andthe king's mistress stayed here while awaiting the arrival of theGrand Dauphins'snew bride. Five days of public celebrations ensued.
For centuries Fegersheim survived on a traditional agrarian economy, but industry appeared in 1933in the form of the Cajofé toy factory. In 1962 the local council designated one of France's first formal industrial zones here in order to encourage the provision of local employment. The industrial zone benefits from excellent road connections and the proximity of Strasbourg: its story has been one of successful development, already for nearly half a century.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,350 | — |
| 1975 | 2,900 | +3.05% |
| 1982 | 3,646 | +3.32% |
| 1990 | 3,953 | +1.02% |
| 1999 | 4,533 | +1.53% |
| 2007 | 5,173 | +1.66% |
| 2012 | 5,443 | +1.02% |
| 2017 | 5,737 | +1.06% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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