Avolsheim

Avolsheim
Avolsheim
Location within Alsace region  Avolsheim
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim
Canton	Molsheim
Intercommunality	Molsheim-Mutzig
Mayor	Gilbert Vetter (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	164–362 m (538–1,188 ft)
Land area1	1.83 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Population2	760  (2006)
- Density	415 /km2 (1,070 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67016/ 67120
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°33′44″N 7°30′07″E / 48.562222°N 7.501944°E / 48.562222; 7.501944

Avolsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

Historic places

• Eglise du Dompeter (The Church Of The House Of Peter)

One of the oldest churches in Alsace. The current building dates from the eleventh century and was built on the foundations of a Merovingian era church. Pope Leo IX,a native of Eguisheim, visited the newly rebuilt church in 1049. An ancient linden tree, which, according to legend, provided shade for the earliest parishioners, is nonetheless one of the oldest trees in the area.^[1]

History

The village is on the old Roman road leading from Molsheim to Saverne. Archaeological digs in the 1930s unearthed numerous objects from this period.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file

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