Durmenach
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Altkirch | |
| Community association | Sundgau | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 32 ' N , 7 ° 20' E | |
| height | 360-461 m | |
| surface | 5.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 841 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 146 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68480 | |
| INSEE code | 68075 | |
Durmenach (Alsatian Dírmene , German Dürmenach ) is a French commune with 841 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). She is a member of the Sundgau community association .
Durmenach lies in the valley of the Ill .
Neighboring communities are Roppentzwiller in the north, Muespach in the northeast, Werentzhouse in the southeast, Bouxwiller in the south and Vieux-Ferrette in the southwest.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
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| 838 | 875 | 870 | 894 | 853 | 883 | 915 | 867 |
Jewish community
Around 1840, 75% of the village was inhabited by Alsatian West Yiddish- speaking Jews, which is why it was nicknamed "Jerusalem des Sundgau". The village's Yiddish dialect is documented in Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg : Swiss dialects in text and sound, I 4, Frauenfeld 1966, also in the Cahiers du CREDYO 5, 2010 (with CD).
Personalities
- Jacob (Jacques) Mislin (1807–1878), Roman Catholic theologian, teacher, abbot and prelate
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 396-398.
