Fouchy

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Fouchy
Fouchy Coat of Arms
Fouchy (France)
Fouchy
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Dirty
Community association Vallée de Villé
Coordinates 48 ° 20 '  N , 7 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '  N , 7 ° 16'  E
height 292-831 m
surface 7.87 km 2
Residents 656 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 83 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67220
INSEE code

Mairie Fouchy

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Fouchy (German: Grube im Weilertal ) is a French commune with 656 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein and the Canton of Mutzig .

geography

Fouchy is located in the Giessen Valley in the Vosges , about 16 kilometers northwest of Sélestat . In the south, the municipality extends to the border with the Haut-Rhin department . The Noirceux district belongs to Fouchy .

Neighboring communities of Fouchy are Bassemberg in the northeast, Breitenau in the east, Rombach-le-Franc in the south, Urbeis in the west and Lalaye in the northwest.

history

The village got its current name after the Thirty Years War .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 533 486 458 482 509 568 597 656

Attractions

  • Château de Weyersbourg, a castle first mentioned in 1793
  • St. John's Church ( Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste )
  • Mariahilf Chapel ( Chapelle Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice ) in the Noirceux district

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1495-1497.

Web links

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