Labaroche
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
| Canton | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | |
| Community association | Vallée de Kaysersberg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 7 ' N , 7 ° 12' E | |
| height | 420-980 m | |
| surface | 13.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,165 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 161 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68910 | |
| INSEE code | 68173 | |
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Labaroche (German Zell ) is a French commune with 2,165 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges Mountains in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). She is a member of the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Kaysersberg .
geography
Labaroche is a scattered settlement with the character of a mountain village and lies between the Vallée de Munster and the Vallée de Kaysersberg . Department road D11 runs in the south . Striking mountains are the Grand Hohnack with 980 m. ü. M. and the Petit Hohnack with 927 m. ü. M. The most important field names are la Place , les Évaux , la Chapelle and Basse Baroche . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
history
In the 17th century, Labaroche was an Alemannic village. A castle was built on the Hohnack by the lords of Ferrette and Ribeaupierre ( Ribeauvillé ) (see Rappoltstein ).
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Labaroche belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Rappoltsweiler in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1495 | 1103 | 1157 | 1204 | 1483 | 1676 | 1985 | 2202 | 2165 |
Churches and chapels
St. Joseph Church 
St. Michael Church 
St. Wandregisel Chapel
Attractions
- Château du Hohnack (located on the 927 meter high summit of the Petit-Hohnack mountain and is the second highest castle in Alsace)
- Musée des Métiers du Bois (Museum of Woodworking Crafts)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , p. 717.
