Heiteren

Heiteren is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Heiteren

Haitre
The church in Heiteren
Coat of arms
Location of Heiteren
Heiteren
Heiteren
Coordinates: 47°58′13″N 7°32′33″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementColmar-Ribeauvillé
CantonEnsisheim
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Dominique Schmitt
Area
1
22.4 km2 (8.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,040
  Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
68130 /68600
Elevation196–209 m (643–686 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Song "Ballade von Heiteren" performed by Walter Mossmann is dedicated to the resistance against the construction of the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant in the 1970s. It describes the organisation of the protests in a roundhouse near Heiteren and the violent repression against the protesters, e.g. by burning down the roundhouse.

See also

  • Communes of the Haut-Rhin département

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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