Avolsheim

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Coordinates: 48°33′44″N 7°30′07″E / 48.562222, 7.501944

Administration
Commune of Avolsheim
Location

Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Canton	Canton of Molsheim
Intercommunality	C.C. de la région de Molsheim-Mutzig
Mayor	Gilbert Vetter (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	164 m–362 m
Land area^¹	1,83 km²
Population^² (1999)	657
- Density	359/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	67016/ 67120
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.

Avolsheim is a French commune, located in the département of Bas-Rhin and the région of Alsace.

Historic Places:

Eglise du Dompeter (The Church Of The House Of Peter)

One of the oldest churches in Alsace. The current building dates from the 11th century and was built on the foundations of a Merovingian era church. Pope Leo IX,a native of Eguisheim, visited the newly rebuilt church in 1049. An ancient linden tree, which, according to legend, provided shade for the earliest parishioners, is nonetheless one of the oldest trees in the area.^[1]