Kembs

Commune in Grand Est, France

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Location of Kembs

(2020–2026) Joël Roudaire^[1]Area

16.45 km² (6.35 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,643 • Density340/km² (890/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68163 /68680

Elevation222–255 m (728–837 ft)
(avg. 241 m or 791 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kembs (French pronunciation: [kɛms] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It was founded during Roman times as the city of Cambete.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,009	—
1975	2,211	+1.38%
1982	2,575	+2.20%
1990	3,016	+2.00%
1999	3,739	+2.42%
2007	4,284	+1.72%
2012	4,855	+2.53%
2017	5,257	+1.60%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Woolf, G. "Places: 177486 (Cambete)". Pleiades. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE