Galfingue
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Kingersheim | |
| Community association | Mulhouse Alsace agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 42 ' N , 7 ° 13' E | |
| height | 268-306 m | |
| surface | 5.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 805 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 150 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68990 | |
| INSEE code | 68101 | |
 Town hall and school building |
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Galfingue (German: Galfingen ) is a French commune with 805 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
Galfingue is about twelve kilometers southwest of Mulhouse , neighboring communities are Heimsbrunn in the north, Hochstatt and Frœningen in the east, Illfurth in the south, Spechbach-le-Haut in the south and Bernwiller in the west .
- St. Gangolf Church in Galfingue
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Galfingue belonged as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine to the German Empire and was assigned to the district of Mulhouse in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 600 | 347 | 363 | 363 | 508 | 522 | 561 | 767 | 804 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 777-779.
Web links
Commons : Galfingue - collection of images, videos and audio files
