Bernwiller
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Masevaux | |
| Community association | Sud Alsace Largue | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 41 ′ N , 7 ° 11 ′ E | |
| height | 277-307 m | |
| surface | 13.70 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,180 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 86 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68210 | |
| INSEE code | 68006 | |
 Bernwiller town hall |
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Bernwiller ( German Bernweiler, Alsatian Barnwiller ) is a French commune with 1180 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ) and is a member of the Sud Alsace Largue commune .
geography
The municipality of Bernwiller is located in the Sundgau , about twelve kilometers southwest of Mulhouse . It consists of the districts of Bernwiller and Ammertzwiller .
history
Bernwiller was first mentioned in 784.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Bernwiller belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Thann in the district of Upper Alsace .
On January 1, 2016, the previous municipalities of Bernwiller and Ammertzwiller were merged to form the new municipality of Bernwiller. The basis of the merger was a referendum on October 8, 2015, which resulted in a positive majority in both municipalities. With the merger, Barnwiller moved from the Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller to the Arrondissement Altkirch and was assigned to the Canton of Masevaux .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 476 | 348 | 372 | 391 | 397 | 447 | 599 | 621 | 1172 |
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Attractions
- The Saint-Jean church dates from 1784, it was bombed in 1915, rebuilt in 1928 and renovated in 2004.
- Monument to the painter Jean Jacques Henner from 1911
Personalities
- Jean Jacques Henner (1829–1905), French painter of academic realism
- Louis Schittly (* 1938), doctor, writer and co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 132-135.
