Bennwihr
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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 ° 9 ′ N , 7 ° 20 ′ E | |
| height | 183-354 m | |
| surface | 6.59 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,335 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 203 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68630 | |
| INSEE code | 68026 | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Bennwihr (German Bennweier ) is a French commune with 1,335 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 is a member of the Pays de Ribeauvillé municipality .
Bennwihr is a municipality on the Alsace Wine Route . The best- known wine location is the Alsace Grand Cru Marckrain , which the place shares with the neighboring municipality of Sigolsheim .
geography
The municipality of Bennwihr is located at the foot of the Vosges , six kilometers south of Ribeauvillé and ten kilometers north of Colmar . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
The neighboring communities of Bennwihr are Mittelwihr and Beblenheim in the north, Ostheim in the northeast, Houssen in the southeast, Colmar in the south and Sigolsheim in the southwest.
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Bennwihr 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 | 1962 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 990 | 925 | 1039 | 1197 | 1139 | 1003 | 1124 | 1304 | 1335 |
coat of arms
Description of coat of arms : In blue a continuous silver cross .
Attractions
- Church of St. Peter and Paul, built in 1957 by the architects Pouradier-Duteil and Pillon (bell tower 1959), window by Paul Martineau , Monument historique
Personalities
- Raymond Poidevin (1928-2000), French historian
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 668-669.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Rappoltsweiler district
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée, a database of the French Ministry of Culture
