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Kolbsheim is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
department in
Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...
in north-eastern
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.INSEE commune file
/ref> Between June 1974 and January 1983 the commune was merged with
Duppigheim Duppigheim (; ; gsw-als, Dìppje) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Duppigheim station has rail connections to Strasbourg and Molsheim. Notable people * Jean Bugatti died in a car accident in Duppig ...
.


Geography

Kolbsheim is an Alsatian village positioned a short distance to the south-west of Strasbourg, and less than two kilometres from
Strasbourg Airport Strasbourg Airport (french: Aéroport de Strasbourg; german: Straßburg Flughafen; gsw-FR, D'r Strossburi(g) Flughàfa) is a minor international airport located in Entzheim and 10 km (6.2 miles) west-southwest of Strasbourg, both ''commun ...
. Adjacent communes are
Hangenbieten Hangenbieten is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The name is a contraction of the former ''Hangenbietenheim''. Geography Hangenbieten lies 2 km north of Strasbourg Airport and 10 km ...
, Breuschwickersheim and Ernolsheim sur Bruche.


Notable people

* Jacques Maritain


See also

* Château de Kolbsheim *
Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{BasRhin-geo-stub