Kappelen (Haut-Rhin)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Brunstatt | |
| Community association | Saint-Louis agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 37 ' N , 7 ° 26' E | |
| height | 296-371 m | |
| surface | 5.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 587 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 114 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68510 | |
| INSEE code | 68160 | |
 Town hall and school building |
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Kappelen (German: Kappeln ) is a French commune with 587 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Mulhouse , the canton of Brunstatt and the municipality of Saint-Louis Agglomération .
geography
The municipality of Kappelen is located in the Sundgau , about 15 kilometers northwest of Basel and 15 kilometers east of Altkirch .
Neighboring communities of Kappelen are Uffheim in the north, Brinckheim in the east, Michelbach-le-Bas in the south-east, Ranspach-le-Bas in the south, Helfrantzkirch in the south-west and Stetten in the north-west.
history
The name first appears in the 12th century. At that time the settlement belonged to the Landser rule, who had their seat in the village of the same name . Kappelen received its own parish in 1820.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 289 | 290 | 324 | 369 | 412 | 499 | 512 | 587 |
Attractions
- The Old St. Michaels Church, formerly a chapel, was chosen to be the village church in 1847.
- The rectory was built in the 18th century.
- St. Wolfgang's Chapel
- The new St. Michaels Church was planned in 1880, but could not be built until 1975-77 because of the two world wars.
- The rear mill belonged to the Specker family as a mill and farm in the 18th century .
- The Niedere Mühle is mentioned for the first time in a notarial letter dated July 27, 1692.
St. Michael Church completed in 1977
Chapel of St. Wolfgang
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1120-1123.
