Guewenheim

Guewenheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Thann-Guebwiller
Canton	Masevaux
Community association	Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach
Coordinates	47 ° 45 ′ N , 7 ° 6 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ N , 7 ° 6 ′ E
height	309-420 m
surface	8.55 km 2
Residents	1,302 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	152 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68116
INSEE code	68115
	; Mairie Guewenheim (from 2014)

Guewenheim (German Gewenheim , Alsatian Gaiwana ) is a French commune with 1302 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller , the canton Masevaux and is a member of the community association Vallée de la Doller et Soultzbach .

geography

The municipality of Guewenheim is located in the Doller Valley , about 16 kilometers west of Mulhouse .

Neighboring communities of Guewenheim are Roderen in the north, Michelbach in the northeast, Aspach-le-Bas in the east, Burnhaupt-le-Haut in the southeast, Soppe-le-Bas in the south, Soppe-le-Haut in the southwest, Sentheim in the west and Bourbach- le-Bas in the northwest.

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Guewenheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Thann in the district of Upper Alsace .

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	879	798	778	833	877	1140	1176	1191	1302

St. Mauritius Church from 1828
Notre Dame des Bouleaux chapel, mentioned as a pilgrim chapel in 1569 in an inventory of the Masmünster Abbey
Cat museum

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1268-1270.

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