Guémar

Guémar
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Community association	Pays de Ribeauvillé
Coordinates	48 ° 11 ' N , 7 ° 24' E Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ' N , 7 ° 24' E
height	172-193 m
surface	18.22 km 2
Residents	1,384 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	76 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68970
INSEE code	68113
Website	www.ville-guemar.fr
	; Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Guémar (German Gemar ) is a French commune with 1,384 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). She is a member of the Pays de Ribeauvillé municipal association .

location

Guémar is located in the Upper Rhine Plain between Colmar (14 km south) and Sélestat (10 km north) and just under 6 km east of Ribeauvillé . This is where the A35 autoroute ( junction 20 - Guémar) and the Département road D 106 intersect . The hamlet of Ribeauvillé Gare lies between Ribeauvillé and Guémar . This is where the SNCF's Strasbourg – Colmar railway runs .

history

The place was first mentioned as Ghermari in 768 by Pippin the Younger . In the 8th century the village belonged to the Widons . In the Middle Ages, fishing was practiced here, and a port and a fish tank are mentioned from 1298.

Since the 13th century there was a much contested castle in the place (see Guémar Castle ).

When Alsace belonged to the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, the municipality Gemar spelled itself - spoken the place name sounds almost identical in both languages. In 1885 Gemar had 1219 inhabitants and was part of the Rappoltsweier (Ribeauvillé) district.

Population development

year	1885	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	1219	841	847	1002	1051	1162	1314	1356	1384
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The Saint-Léger church was built in the Baroque style in 1741. The tower, however, dates back to the 14th century and is the only remnant of an older church building. The tower dome dates from 1772.
The upper gate ( La Porte Haute ), part of the medieval fortifications of the place, was built around 1400 and restored at the beginning of the 21st century. In August 2009 the work was finished.