Hirsingue
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
Canton | Altkirch | |
Community association | Sundgau | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 35 ' N , 7 ° 15' E | |
height | 307-411 m | |
surface | 12.88 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,121 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 165 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 68560 | |
INSEE code | 68138 | |
Mairie Hirsingue |
Hirsingue (German Hirsingen ) is a French commune with 2121 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department of the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the arrondissement Altkirch , the canton Altkirch and the municipality association Sundgau . The inhabitants call themselves les Hirsinguoises .
geography
The municipality of Hirsingue is located on the upper Ill in Sundgau , five kilometers south of Altkirch .
Neighboring communities of Hirsingue are Altkirch in the north, Wittersdorf , Tagsdorf (point of contact) and Schwoben in the northeast, Bettendorf in the east, Ruederbach in the southeast, Heimersdorf in the south, Largitzen in the southwest and Hirtzbach in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
Residents | 1399 | 1561 | 1539 | 1881 | 2010 | 2057 | 2132 | 2170 |
Attractions
- Classicist church of Saint-Jean-le-Baptiste , built between 1772 and 1774
- Vierge-Marie-des-Douleurs et de Sainte-Catherine chapel (Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Catherine, known as d'r Garner ) from 1111
- Sacred Heart Chapel ( Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur )
- Mairie with Doric column from 1844
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 567-574.
Web links
Commons : Hirsingue - collection of pictures, videos and audio files