Diefmatten

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Diefmatten
Coat of arms of Diefmatten
Diefmatten (France)
Diefmatten
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Altkirch
Canton Masevaux
Community association Sud Alsace Largue
Coordinates 47 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 7'  E
height 297-381 m
surface 3.17 km 2
Residents 290 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 91 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68780
INSEE code

Town hall and school building

Diefmatten is a French commune with 290 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 of Diefmatten is located in the valley of the Largue tributary Soultzbach , around 20 kilometers southwest of Mulhouse near the Burgundian Gate . The A 36 (Mulhouse-Besançon) runs through the north of the municipality .

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

history

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Diefmatten 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 .

Saint-Nicolas church

Population development

year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2014
Residents 231 128 158 214 232 227 251 262 276

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 302-303.

Web links

Commons : Diefmatten  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district