Kientzheim

Kientzheim
Coat of arms
Kientzheim
Location within Alsace region  Kientzheim
Coordinates: 48°08′13″N 7°17′12″E / 48.1369°N 7.2867°ECoordinates: 48°08′13″N 7°17′12″E / 48.1369°N 7.2867°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Intercommunality	Vallée de Kaysersberg
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joseph Fritsch
Area^1	4.83 km^2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	819
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	68164 / 68240
Elevation	220–662 m (722–2,172 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 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.

Kientzheim (German: Kienzheim) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg-Vignoble.^[1]

Education

The Lycée Seijo, a Japanese boarding school,^[2] operated in Kientzheim from 1986 to 2005.^[3] The European Centre for Japanese Studies in Alsace (French: Centre européen d'études japonaises, CEEJA, Japanese: アルザス・欧州日本学研究所 Aruzasu Ōshū Nihongaku Kenkyūsho) opened at the site of the former school.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin département

References

• INSEE

1. Arrêté 14 July 2015 (French)
2. Home page" (Archive). Lycée Seijo. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "8, route d'Ammerschwihr, 68240 KIENTZHEIM, FRANCE"
3. "Seijo Gakuen closes French campus." (archived from the original) The Japan Times. Sunday February 13, 2005. Retrieved on 2 January 2013.
4. "Du lycée Seijo au Centre d’études japonaises." (Archive) L'Alsace. 19 March 2013. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "L’ancien lycée Seijo, à Kientzheim, a accueilli des élèves japonais entre les années 1980 et 2006. On y trouve aujourd’hui le Centre européen d’études japonaises."