Marckolsheim

Marckolsheim
Barge in the lock beside the power station
Marckolsheim
Location within Alsace region  Marckolsheim
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Marckolsheim
Intercommunality	Marckolsheim et environs
Mayor	Frédéric Pfliegersdoerffer (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	170–184 m (560–604 ft)
Land area1	33.36 km2 (12.88 sq mi)
Population2	4,186  (2006)
- Density	125 /km2 (320 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67281/ 67390
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°09′53″N 7°32′41″E / 48.164722°N 7.544722°E / 48.164722; 7.544722

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

On the eastern edge of the town the Casemate de Marckolsheim Sud, a Maginot Line fortification left over from the Second World War, has been converted into a small museum. Approximately 3 kilometres to the east the Rhine has been dammed and a hydro-electric power station installed.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file