Bretten (Haut-Rhin)

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Bretten coat of arms
Bretten (France)
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region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Altkirch
Canton Masevaux
Community association Sud Alsace Largue
Coordinates 47 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E
height 324-398 m
surface 4.16 km 2
Residents 181 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 44 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68780
INSEE code

Bretten is a French commune with 181 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Altkirch , the canton Masevaux and is a member of the community association Sud Alsace Largue .

geography

The municipality is located in the transition area between the Vosges and the Burgundian Gate , roughly in the middle between Mulhouse and Belfort . The Largue tributary Traubach has its source in the municipality .

Neighboring communities of Bretten are Soppe-le-Haut in the north, Soppe-le-Bas and Diefmatten (point of contact) in the northeast, Sternenberg in the east, Bellemagny in the south and Eteimbes in the west.

history

The name of the place probably comes from the Latin pratum (meadow). In 1331 he was mentioned as Bratt , in 1503 as Brethen .

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Bretten belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Altkirch district in the Upper Alsace district .

Population development

year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2014
Residents 156 62 75 81 63 97 105 175 174
Saint-Remy church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 290-291.

Web links

Commons : Bretten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Langenbeck: On the survival of pre-Germanic toponymy in German-speaking Alsace. 1967, I, p. 42.
  2. ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district