Hombourg
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Rixheim | |
| Community association | Mulhouse Alsace agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 46 ′ N , 7 ° 30 ′ E | |
| height | 222-238 m | |
| surface | 15.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,334 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 87 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68490 | |
| INSEE code | 68144 | |
 Hombourg town hall |
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Hombourg ( German Homburg , Alsatian Humburg ) is a French commune with 1,334 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
In the Forêt domaniale de la Hardt Sud , the Rhine-Rhône Canal coming from the south changes its direction to the west. One of the sights is the Château de Hombourg on the edge of the forest. There is an industrial zone on the Rhine canal . Hombourg borders on Neuenburg am Rhein in Germany to the east . The northern neighboring municipality is Ottmarsheim , to the south is Petit-Landau , the western neighboring municipalities are Habsheim and Rixheim .
St. Nicholas Church 
Hombourg Castle 
Château Burrus
The community calls itself “La Capitale du Golf ” - there is an 18-hole course on its premises, and since 2008 a second one. They belong to the Drei-Thermen-Golf-Resort based in Bad Bellingen , where two further 18-hole courses are located.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 621 | 695 | 647 | 840 | 798 | 863 | 1009 | 1334 |
Personalities
- Benedikt Anton Friedrich von Andlau-Homburg (1761–1839), prince abbot of Murbach and cathedral capitular in several dioceses
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 647-648.
