Blaesheim

Blaesheim Blaase
Commune
11th-12th-century church bell, Blaesheim
Coat of arms
Blaesheim Location within Grand Est region Blaesheim
Coordinates: 48°31′N 7°37′E / 48.51°N 7.61°E / 48.51; 7.61Coordinates: 48°31′N 7°37′E / 48.51°N 7.61°E / 48.51; 7.61
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Strasbourg
Canton	Lingolsheim
Intercommunality	Strasbourg Eurométropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Baur
Area1	9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,281
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67049 /67113
Elevation	146–198 m (479–650 ft)
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.

Blaesheim (German: Bläsheim) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Population

Blaesheim process

A meeting held in Blaesheim, January 2001, between Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder has given this name to a regular series of informal meetings between the French President, the German Chancellor, and their foreign ministers. The meetings are held alternately in France and Germany.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file
• Blaesheim summit meetings, 2001 onwards (in French)

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