Ungersheim

Ungersheim Ungersche
Coat of arms
Ungersheim
Location within Alsace region Ungersheim
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Guebwiller
Canton	Soultz-Haut-Rhin
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Claude Mensch
Area1	13.51 km2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,972
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	68343 / 68190
Elevation	212–241 m (696–791 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ungersheim (Alemannic German: Ungersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace in eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.

It is known for:

• the fr, an open-air museum showing:
  • 70 old, rebuilt Alsatian-style houses;
  • many workshops of local traditional crafts with working craftspeople;
  • the "Eden Palladium", a unique museum of old-timer carrousels and attractions still working;
• "Le Bioscope", a leisure park dedicated to environmental questions, proposing amusing and educating activities.

• 

  Saint Michael Church

• 

  Silo of EAGGF

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site of the Écomusée d'Alsace (French) and German
• Official site of the Bioscope (French) and German