Molsheim
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| Commune of Molsheim | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 07° 29' 35" E |
| Latitude | 48° 32' 37" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Molsheim |
| Canton | Molsheim |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la région de Molsheim-Mutzig |
| Mayor | Laurent Furst (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 165 m–371 m (avg. 180 m) |
| Land area¹ | 10.85 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
9,335 |
| - Density (1999) | 860/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67300/ 67120 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Molsheim is a commune of the Bas-Rhin département in the Alsace region of France. Population (1999): 9,335
[edit] Cityscape
Old-town Molsheim is well preserved and displays a considerable number of old houses and buildings of typically Alsatian architecture. The most notable buildings are the Renaissance Metzig, the baroque (although built in late gothic style) Eglise des Jésuites - an inordinately large church insofar as it could house the entire population of the town when built - and the classical Hôtel de ville. The former monastery La Chartreuse, partly destroyed in the French Revolution, now houses a museum ; with a surface of 2,5 hectare, it used to be a genuine city within the city.
[edit] Economy
Molsheim is notable as the home of the Bugatti automobile factory. Production by Bugatti Automobiles SAS restarted in Dorlisheim near Molsheim in 2005.
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