Kientzheim (; ; Alsatian: ''Kientza'') is a former commune in the
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is the ...
department
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Government and military
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in north-eastern
France
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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune
Kaysersberg Vignoble
Kaysersberg Vignoble () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Kaysersberg, Kientzheim a ...
.
Population
Education
Previously the local elementary school was École élémentaire publique école primaire publique.
The ''
Lycée Seijo
The was a Japanese boarding high school in Kientzheim (now a part of Kaysersberg-Vignoble), Haut-Rhin, in the Alsace region of France, near Colmar.Home page
The Japan Times
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History
''The Japan Times'' was launched by ...
''. Sunday February 13, 2005. Retrieved on 2 January 2013. The European Centre for Japanese Studies in Alsace (french: Centre européen d'études japonaises, CEEJA, ja, アルザス・欧州日本学研究所 ''Aruzasu Ōshū Nihongaku Kenkyūsho'') opened at the site of the former school.Du lycée Seijo au Centre d’études japonaises ." Archive '' L'Alsace''. 19 March 2013. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "L’ancien lycée Seijo, à Kientzheim, a accueilli des élèves japonais entre les années 1980 et 2006. On y trouve aujourd’hui le Centre européen d’études japonaises."