Bischoffsheim

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Coordinates: 48°29′16″N 7°29′25″E / 48.487778, 7.490278

Administration
Commune of Bischoffsheim
Location

Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim
Canton	Rosheim
Intercommunality	C.C. du canton de Rosheim
Mayor	Jean-Paul Schlepp (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	149 m–362 m
Land area^¹	12,33 km²
Population^² (1999)	2 768
- Density	224/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	67045/ 67870
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.

Bischoffsheim is a French commune, in the département of Bas-Rhin in the region of Alsace.

1 Neighboring communes
2 History
3 Demography
4 External links

[edit] Neighboring communes

Coat of arms of Bischoffsheim

[edit] History

Archaeological discoveries attest to the presence of people in the site of Bischoffsheim since the Neolithic, five to six thousand years BCE. Various remains indicate that the site was already important before the Roman period.

[edit] Demography

Change in Population
1882	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1,839	1,477	1,495	1,819	2,075	2,176	2,768
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Provision population in 2004 : 3 064
Municipal population in 2006 : 3 141