Fessenheim (; ) is a
commune in the
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...
department in
Grand Est
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in north-eastern
France
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.
It is known for:
* its hydroelectric power plant on the
Grand Canal d'Alsace
The Grand Canal of Alsace (, ; , ) is a canal in eastern France, channeling the Upper Rhine river. It is 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) long between Kembs and Vogelgrun, and provides access to the region from the Rhine River, Basel in Switzerla ...
(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
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(210 m long, 7 m wide) to
Hartheim in
Germany
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since 2006;
* the
Victor Schœlcher
Victor Schœlcher (; 22 July 1804 – 25 December 1893) was a French abolitionist, writer, politician and journalist, best known for his leading role in the End of slavery in France, abolition of slavery in France in 1848, during the French Secon ...
museum, honoring the 19th Century
Abolitionist
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The first country to fully outlaw slavery was Kingdom of France, France in 1315, but it was later used ...
Victor Schœlcher whose father, Marc Schœlcher, was born in Fessenheim.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Haut-Rhin département
The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):[Fessenheim-le-Bas
Fessenheim-le-Bas (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It has been built near an old Roman road leading from Strasbourg to Saverne.
Notable people
* Aloyse Kobès (born at Fessenheim on 14 April ...]
*
Raymond Couvègnes
References
Communes of Haut-Rhin
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