Fessenheim

Commune in Grand Est, France

Fessenheim Fassene (Alsatian)
Commune
The town hall in Fessenheim
Coat of arms
Location of Fessenheim
(2020–2026)		Claude Brender^[1]
Area ¹	18.4 km² (7.1 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,299
• Density	120/km² (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68091 /68740
Elevation	201–215 m (659–705 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fessenheim (French pronunciation: [fɛsənaim] ^ⓘ; Alsatian: Fassene) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It is known for:

its hydroelectric power plant on the Grand Canal d'Alsace (built 1953–1956, inaugurated 1957);
the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant next to the Grand Canal d'Alsace, formerly the oldest in service in France since 1977 until it shut down in 2020;
a road and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine (210 m long, 7 m wide) to Hartheim in Germany since 2006;
the Victor Schœlcher museum, honoring the 19th Century Abolitionist Victor Schœlcher whose father, Marc Schœlcher, was born in Fessenheim.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	896	—
1975	1,653	+9.14%
1982	2,002	+2.77%
1990	2,000	−0.01%
1999	2,097	+0.53%
2007	2,250	+0.88%
2012	2,288	+0.34%
2017	2,353	+0.56%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE