Châtenois (Bas-Rhin)

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Châtenois
Châtenois coat of arms
Châtenois (France)
Châtenois
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Sélestat
Community association Sélestat
Coordinates 48 ° 16 '  N , 7 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '  N , 7 ° 24'  E
height 179-525 m
surface 14.57 km 2
Residents 4,188 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 287 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67730
INSEE code 67073
Website www.mairie-chatenois.fr

Mairie Châtenois

Châtenois ( German Kestenholz , Alsatian Keschtaholz ) is a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ) with 4188 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It is located at the foot of the Vosges , about four and a half kilometers west of Sélestat (Schlettstadt). Junction 17 of the Autoroute A35 ( L'Alsacienne ) is between Sélestat and Châtenois .

history

The name of the place comes from the chestnut forests in the area. Keschta or Keschta are chestnuts in Alemannic , so Keschtaholz is a chestnut forest. This corresponds to the French name - from Châtaignier (chestnut).

Châtenois had a certain military importance in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period due to its strategic location. In 1445 the place was sacked by the Armagnaks . The current population of Châtenois has hardly changed compared to the end of the 19th century (3262 in 1885), even if it has since declined by a few hundred inhabitants, among other things as a result of a fire in 1879.

Witches Tower (La tour des Sorcières), in the background the steeple of the Roman Catholic Church of St-Georges
Bilingual place-name sign

The town's Roman Catholic Church, St-Georges , is a listed building.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 2634 2798 2954 3005 3020 3373 3876 4188
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Trivia

A model of the Hexenturm (city tower) is available as a kit in H0 scale (1:87) under the Kibri brand .

See also

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1199-1201.

Web links

Commons : Châtenois  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Châtenois in the Topographia Alsatiae (M. Merian)  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kestenholz . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 9, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 701.
  2. ↑ Lattice tower with gate from Viesssmann Modellbau, sold under the Kibri brand