Petit Landau
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Rixheim | |
| Community association | Mulhouse Alsace agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 44 ′ N , 7 ° 31 ′ E | |
| height | 223-242 m | |
| surface | 17.51 km 2 | |
| Residents | 828 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68490 | |
| INSEE code | 68254 | |
| Website | http://www.petit-landau.fr/ | |
 Mairie Petit-Landau |
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Petit-Landau (German originally Kleinlandau , Alsatian Landài ) is a French commune with 828 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
The community lies between the Rhine-Rhône Canal and the Upper Rhine with the Rhine canal . Neighboring communities are Niffer in the south and Hombourg in the north. In the west, the municipality has a share in the Forêt domaniale de la Hardt Sud . In the east the community borders on Bad Bellingen and thus on Germany .
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Petit-Landau belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Mulhouse in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 531 | 457 | 461 | 547 | 603 | 592 | 646 | 696 | 828 |
Attractions
- St. Martin Church, built in 1753
Personalities
- Joseph Schmidlin (* 1876 Kleinlandau; † January 10, 1944 in the Schirmeck security camp ), Catholic theologian, founder of Catholic missiology
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 656-658.
Web links
Commons : Petit-Landau - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
