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Coordinates: 47°54′56″N 7°32′12″E{{#coordinates:47.9156|7.5367|type:city(2273)_region:FR|||||| |primary |name= }}</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Country</th><td> France</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Region</th><td> Alsace</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Department</th><td> Haut-Rhin</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Arrondissement</th><td> Guebwiller</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Canton</th><td> Ensisheim</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Intercommunality</th><td> Essor du Rhin</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Government</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left"> • Mayor (2008–2014) </th><td> Fabienne Stich</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Area¹</th><td> 18.4 km² (7.1 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Population (2006)²</th><td> 2,273</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left"> • Density</th><td> 120/km² (320/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">INSEE/Postal code</th><td class="adr"> 68091 / 68740</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Elevation</th><td>
(avg. )</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left; font-size:smaller"> 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.</td></tr></table>

Fessenheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

It is known for:

• its hydroelectric power plant on the Grand Canal d'Alsace (probably since 1959);
• the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant next to the Grand Canal d'Alsace, the oldest in service in France since 1977;
• a road and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine (210 m long, 7 m wide) to Hartheim in Germany since 2006;
• the Victor Schoelcher museum.

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin département
• Fessenheim-le-Bas
• Raymond Couvègnes

References

• INSEE

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