Eschbourg
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Ingwiller | |
| Community association | Hanau-La Petite Pierre | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 49 ′ N , 7 ° 18 ′ E | |
| height | 192-387 m | |
| surface | 14.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 484 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67320 | |
| INSEE code | 67133 | |
Eschbourg (German Eschburg ) is a French commune with 484 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Saverne and the Canton of Ingwiller .
geography
The municipality of Eschbourg is located in the northern Vosges and is part of the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve . The Graufthal district also belongs to the community .
Neighboring communities are La Petite-Pierre in the north-east, Neuwiller-lès-Saverne in the east, Eckartswiller in the south-east, Vilsberg and Pfalzweyer in the south-west and Schœnbourg and Lohr in the north-west.
Annunciation Church in the Graufthal district
Lutheran church in the Graufthal district
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history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Eschbourg belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Zabern in the district of Lower Alsace .
Population development
| 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | 2014 |
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| 912 | 685 | 686 | 626 | 574 | 522 | 499 | 484 | 501 | 494 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 941-946.
