Habsheim

Habsheim
Habsheim
Commune
	The town hall in Habsheim
	Coat of arms
	Location of Habsheim
	Habsheim Location within France Habsheim Location within Grand Est
	Coordinates: 47°43′49″N 7°25′11″E / 47.7303°N 7.4197°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Rixheim
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilbert Fuchs
Area 1	15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Highest elevation	318 m (1,043 ft)
Lowest elevation	236 m (774 ft)
Population (2023)	5,076
• Density	324.8/km2 (841.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68118 /68440
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Habsheim (French pronunciation: [apsaim] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.

History

The Thalbahn Habsheim was a 24.6 km (15.3 mi) long narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in). It was built during World War I by German soldiers and Romanian prisoners of war as a military light railway.^{[citation needed]}

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE