Ligsdorf
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Altkirch | |
| Community association | Sundgau | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 28 ' N , 7 ° 18' E | |
| height | 468-810 m | |
| surface | 10.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 311 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68480 | |
| INSEE code | 68186 | |
 Town hall and school building |
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Ligsdorf ( German: Lüxdorf ) is a French commune with 311 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
The municipality of Ligsdorf is located in the southern Sundgau , at the foot of the 816 m high Glaserberg , the highest point in the Alsatian Jura . The Ill , which rises in the neighboring municipality of Winkel, flows from west to east through the municipality of Ligsdorf, about 500 m of it underground.
Ligsdorf is connected by roads to the neighboring communities of Winkel, Sondersdorf , Bendorf and Ferrette . In the south joins the municipality of Lucelle , which borders on Switzerland .
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Ligsdorf belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Altkirch district in the Upper Alsace district .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 316 | 258 | 270 | 236 | 276 | 313 | 297 | 342 | 311 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 415-416.
