Ittenheim

Ittenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Commune
The town hall and school in Ittenheim
Coat of arms
Location of Ittenheim
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Coordinates: 48°36′18″N 7°35′43″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Bouxwiller
Intercommunality	CC Kochersberg
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gilbert Viola
Area ^1	6.71 km^2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,111
• Density	310/km^2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67226 /67117
Elevation	152–212 m (499–696 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Ittenheim is positioned ten kilometres (six miles) to the west of Strasbourg. The little town is crossed by the departmental road RD1004 (formerly Route Nationale 4): before the development of the autoroute network, Ittenheim was the first village passed through by motorists after leaving Strasbourg en route for Paris.

Adjacent communes are Hurtigheim to the north and Handschuheim to the west.

Celebrity connection

One of the inhabitants of Ittenheim may have saved the life of President Jacques Chirac during the 2002 Bastille Day parade. Chirac was targeted by a right-wing extremist gunman named Maxime Brunerie: the man who disarmed the gunman, thereby thwarting a presidential assassination, is called Jacques Weber.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
• Kochersberg

References

• INSEE commune file

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