Molsheim is a
commune in the
Bas-Rhin department in
Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern
France. The total population in 2006 was 9,382. Molsheim had been a very fast-growing city between the French censuses of 1968 and 1999, passing from 5,739 to 9,331 inhabitants, but this increase came to a noticeable halt since. The
metropolitan area of Molsheim had 11,760 inhabitants in 2006, from 7,747 in 1968.