Aubure
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
Canton | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | |
Community association | Pays de Ribeauvillé | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ' N , 7 ° 13' E | |
height | 727-1,144 m | |
surface | 4.90 km 2 | |
Residents | 360 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 73 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 68150 | |
INSEE code | 68014 | |
Center of Aubure in winter |
Aubure (German Altweier ) is a French commune with 360 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé , the canton of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and the Pays de Ribeauvillé municipality .
geography
Aubure is located at an altitude of 800 m in the Vosges . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park . Neighboring municipalities of Aubure are Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines in the north-west and north, Ribeauvillé in the east, Riquewihr in the south-east and Fréland in the south-west and west.
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur Catholic Church
history
Aubure was first mentioned in 1217 as in Alburiis . Around 1300 the place is called Altpur on a map . In the Thirty Years' War destroyed, it found new prosperity through agriculture and medical remedies. To the east of the village lies the Bilstein castle ruins . The castle was built in the 12th century and was destroyed in 1636.
From 1871 to the end of the First World War , Aubure belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Rappoltsweiler in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
year | 1910 | 1936 | 1941 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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Residents | 295 | 428 | 322 | 286 | 331 | 312 | 293 | 372 | 400 | 410 | 360 |
Source: Municipal directory, Statistical Office for Alsace 1944, Cassini and INSEE |
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : In silver a black grouse on a green three-hill .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1077-1078.