Chavannes-sur-l'Étang
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Masevaux | |
| Community association | Sud Alsace Largue | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 38 ' N , 7 ° 1' E | |
| height | 345-373 m | |
| surface | 6.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 693 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 115 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68210 | |
| INSEE code | 68065 | |
 Mairie Chavannes, Monument historique |
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Chavannes-sur-l'Étang (German Schaffnatt am Weiher ) is a French commune with 693 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the canton of Masevaux in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region and is a member of the Sud Alsace Largue commune .
geography
The village is located in the southwest of Alsace in the Burgundian Gate on the Rhine-Rhône Canal between Altkirch and Belfort . To the west and north, the municipality of Chavannes borders on the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region .
history
The place was mentioned for the first time in 1458 under the name of Klein Chaffnat . The church was built in 1772. On June 29, 1815, the troops of the French general Claude-Jacques Lecourbe stopped there.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Chavannes-sur-l'Étang 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 | 2016 |
| Residents | 360 | 334 | 340 | 314 | 342 | 374 | 436 | 540 | 690 |
Restored lavoir on the Loutre
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 296-297.
