Fouday
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Molsheim | |
| Canton | Dirty | |
| Community association | Vallée de la Bruche | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ' N , 7 ° 11' E | |
| height | 380-680 m | |
| surface | 2.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 341 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 166 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67130 | |
| INSEE code | 67144 | |
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Fouday ( German Urbach ) is a French commune with 341 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Northern Vosges area in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
history
The village in the Steintal is known in German literature through Büchner's story Lenz .
On January 1, 1975, the municipality merged with Waldersbach , Belmont and Bellefosse to form the municipality of Le Ban-de-la-Roche . Since January 1, 1992, Fouday has been independent again and since January 1, 2000 a member of the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Bruche .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 230 | 233 | 222 | 253 | 277 | 303 | 340 | 341 |
Attractions
- Protestant Church
- Grave of Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740–1826), Alsatian pastor and social reformer
- Railway viaduct of the SNCF ; the railway line follows the valley of the Bruche
Fouday Protestant Church
Mairie Fouday
Personalities
- Tommy Fallot (1844–1904), Protestant pastor, co-founder of religious socialism
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1178-1179.
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Fouday - collection of images, videos and audio files
