La Broque
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Molsheim | |
Canton | Dirty | |
Community association | Vallée de la Bruche | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 29 ′ N , 7 ° 13 ′ E | |
height | 310-898 m | |
surface | 23.07 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,663 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 115 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 67130 | |
INSEE code | 67066 |
La Broque (German: Vorbruck ) is a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). The community lies in the valley of the Breusch in the area of the North Vosges .
During the German occupation of Alsace from August 1940 to November 1944, the Schirmeck-Vorbruck security camp existed on the outskirts of La Broque , which the German police authorities used as an "education camp " in the course of the " Germanization " of Alsace.
Between 1807 and 1871, La Broque was part of the Vosges department in the Lorraine region .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 3003 | 3026 | 3048 | 2896 | 2628 | 2687 | 2710 | 2663 |
Attractions
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1174-1178.
Web links
Commons : La Broque - collection of images, videos and audio files
- The Chateau de Salm in La Broque
- les ruines du chateau de Salm ( Memento from January 23, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )