Altkirch

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Coordinates: 47°37′26″N 7°14′25″E / 47.6238888889, 7.24027777778

Administration
Commune of Altkirch
Location

Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Altkirch
Canton	Altkirch (chief town)
Intercommunality	C.C. d'Altkirch
Mayor	Jean-Luc Reitzer (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	274 m–392 m (avg. 310 m)
Land area^¹	(2357 acres) 9.54 km²
Population^² (1999)	5,386
- Density	564/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	68004/ 68130
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Altkirch is a commune situated in the département of Haut-Rhin and the région of Alsace. The town is traditionally regarded as the capital of Sundgau; its name comes from the German Alte Kirche, i.e. "old church".

1 Administration
2 Demography
3 See also
4 External links (all sites in French)

[edit] Administration

List of successive mayors
Date of election	Identity	Capacity
March 14, 1983	M. Jean-Luc Reitzer

[edit] Demography

Its inhabitants are known as Altkirchois or Altkirchoises.

The resident population number of 5,500 is rather deceptive as some 15,500 people will be in town on a typical working day (4,500 working, 3,000 studying, 3,000 for medical treatment and another 5,000 divided between shopping, administrative offices, cultural and sporting activities).