Blaesheim

Commune in Grand Est, France

Blaesheim Blaase
Commune
11th-12th-century church bell, Blaesheim
Coat of arms
Location of Blaesheim
(2020–2026)		Jacques Baur^[1]
Area ¹	9.96 km² (3.85 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,356
• Density	140/km² (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67049 /67113
Elevation	146–198 m (479–650 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blaesheim (French pronunciation: [blɛsaim] ^ⓘ; German: Bläsheim; Alsatian: Blaase) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	754	—
1975	908	+2.69%
1982	934	+0.40%
1990	1,000	+0.86%
1999	1,369	+3.55%
2009	1,281	−0.66%
2014	1,329	+0.74%
2020	1,303	−0.33%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Blaesheim process

A meeting held in Blaesheim, January 2001, between Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder has given this name to a regular series of informal meetings between the French President, the German Chancellor, and their foreign ministers.^[5] The meetings are held alternately in France and Germany.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Chronologie: 2001-2005, Portail franco-allemand