Ungersheim

Ungersheim Ungersche
Coat of arms
Ungersheim
Location within Grand Est region  Ungersheim
Coordinates: 47°52′46″N 7°18′19″E / 47.8794°N 7.3053°ECoordinates: 47°52′46″N 7°18′19″E / 47.8794°N 7.3053°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Wittenheim
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Claude Mensch
Area^1	13.51 km^2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,972
• Density	150/km^2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	68343 / 68190
Elevation	212–241 m (696–791 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
^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.

Ungersheim (Alemannic German: Ungersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of Grand Est in eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.^[1]

It is known for:

• the Écomusée d'Alsace, an open-air museum showing:
  • 70 old, rebuilt Alsatian-style houses;
  • many workshops of local traditional crafts with working craftspeople;
  • the "Eden Palladium", a unique museum of old-timer carrousels and attractions still working;
• "Le Bioscope", a leisure park dedicated to environmental questions, proposing amusing and educating activities.

• 
  Saint Michael Church
• 
  Silo of EAGGF

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

References

• INSEE

1. "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.

External links

• Official site of the Écomusée d'Alsace (French) and German
• Official site of the Bioscope (French) and German