Gingsheim
Encyclopedia
Gingsheim is a commune
in the Bas-Rhin
department in Alsace
in north-eastern France
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to the east and Hohatzenheim
to the west.
The countryside is gently hilly and is used for agriculture
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
department in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
Gingsheim is positioned between DuntzenheimDuntzenheim
Duntzenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
to the east and Hohatzenheim
Hohatzenheim
Hohatzenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Pilgrimage church:Surrounded by farmland stands a pilgrimage church, restored in 1888. By 1916 it had fallen into disrepair and had to be renewed.-References:*...
to the west.
The countryside is gently hilly and is used for agriculture