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Fegersheim Fajersche
Commune
The town hall in Fegersheim
Coat of arms
Location of Fegersheim
Fegersheim Show map of France Fegersheim Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°29′29″N 7°40′52″E / 48.4914°N 7.6811°E / 48.4914; 7.6811
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Strasbourg
Canton	Lingolsheim
Intercommunality	Strasbourg Eurométropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Schaal^[1]
Area ¹	6.25 km² (2.41 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	5,777
• Density	920/km² (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67137 /67640
Elevation	142–149 m (466–489 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fegersheim (French pronunciation: [fegəʁsajm] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

Geography and Economics

Fegersheim is located 12 kilometres (7 mi) to the south of Strasbourg, between the Rivers Andlau, Scheer and Ill.

Between 1962 and 1999 the registered population increased from 2153 to 4533, reflecting economic growth in the Strasbourg area.

History

The discovery of tombs from the third century BC indicates that the site was occupied during the Celtic period.

The little town acquired its urban status in the eleventh century. At that time the Benedictine monastery of nearby Eschau owned a substantial property in Fegersheim. In the following centuries until 1789 Fegersheim and its conjoined settlement of Ohnheim would be held as an episcopal fiefdom, successively, by Ochsenstein, Hanau-Lichtenberg and Rathsamhausen.

Fegersheim enjoyed a few days of prominence in 1680 when the court of Louis XIV, accompanied by Bishop Bossuet (tutor to the Dauphin) and the king's mistress stayed here while awaiting the arrival of the Grand Dauphins's new bride. Five days of public celebrations ensued.

For centuries Fegersheim survived on a traditional agrarian economy, but industry appeared in 1933 in the form of the Cajofé toy factory. In 1962 the local council designated one of France's first formal industrial zones here in order to encourage the provision of local employment. The industrial zone benefits from excellent road connections and the proximity of Strasbourg: its story has been one of successful development, already for nearly half a century.