Husseren-les-Châteaux
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
Canton | Wintzenheim | |
Community association | Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 2 ′ N , 7 ° 17 ′ E | |
height | 320-595 m | |
surface | 1.20 km 2 | |
Residents | 514 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 428 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 68420 | |
INSEE code | 68150 | |
Mairie Husseren-les-Châteaux |
Husseren-les-Châteaux (German houses ) is a French commune with 514 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
Husseren-les-Châteaux is located at the foot of the Vosges , about seven kilometers southwest of Colmar in Alsace . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park . Husseren is the highest village on the Alsace Wine Route . The municipality is enclosed by that of the municipality of Eguisheim .
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Husseren-les-Châteaux belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Colmar district in the Upper Alsace district .
Population development
year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
Residents | 436 | 309 | 333 | 367 | 362 | 377 | 397 | 501 | 488 |
Attractions
- three castle ruins of the castles group Drei Exen , partly in the municipality of Husseren
- Church of St. Pankratius ( Église Saint-Pancrace ), built in 1884
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1323-1326.
Web links
Commons : Husseren-les-Châteaux - Collection of images, videos and audio files
proof
- ↑ a b Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Colmar district ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.