Epfig

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Epfig
Coat of arms of Epfig
Epfig (France)
Epfig
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Obernai
Community association Pays de Barr
Coordinates 48 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  E
height 160-311 m
surface 21.90 km 2
Residents 2,267 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 104 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67680
INSEE code

Town hall Epfig

Epfig is a French commune with 2,267 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). The inhabitants call themselves (in French) Epfigeois or Epfigeoises . Epfig's partner municipality is Welkenraedt in Belgium .

history

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

Population development

1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
2208 1718 1666 1691 1704 1753 1947 2140 2267

Infrastructure

Epfig has a SNCF train station in the Finkwiller district .

Attractions

Chapel of Sainte-Marguerite

Personalities

  • Franz Nebel , also François Nebel (1785–1859), Strasbourg banker and President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Bas-Rhin department

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 60-63.

Web links

Commons : Epfig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Schlettstadt district