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Commune in Grand Est, France

Kauffenheim Kafem
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°51′12″N 8°01′44″E / 48.8533°N 8.0289°E / 48.8533; 8.0289
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton Bischwiller
Intercommunality Pays Rhénan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026) Rémy Bubel[1]
Area1 2.24 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Population (2022)[2] 219
• Density 98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 67231 /67480
Elevation 113–120 m (371–394 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kauffenheim (French pronunciation: [kaufənaim]; Alsatian: Kafem) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[3] It lies twenty kilometres (twelve miles) to the east of Haguenau, and a short distance from the A35 autoroute StrasbourgLandau.

The first surviving record of the village dates from 884 and spells the name of the village "Chochinheim". Subsequently, the name has been written Cochenheim, Chochenheim, Kochenheim and Koechenheim before morphing into Kauffenheim, the current spelling.

Between 1359 and 1680 the village was owned by the aristocratic von Fleckenstein family.

In 1720 it came into the possession of the Rohan-Soubise family, and thus remained until the French Revolution.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 120
1975 136 +1.80%
1982 176 +3.75%
1990 202 +1.74%
1999 209 +0.38%
2007 209 +0.00%
2012 215 +0.57%
2017 215 +0.00%
Source: INSEE[4]
  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE