Linthal (Haut-Rhin)

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Linthal
Linthal coat of arms
Linthal (France)
Linthal
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller
Canton Guebwiller
Community association Region of Guebwiller
Coordinates 47 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 8'  E
height 429-1,320 m
surface 20.84 km 2
Residents 599 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68610
INSEE code

Linthal is a French commune with 599 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin département in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). She is a member of the Région de Guebwiller municipal association .

geography

The municipality is located in the southern Vosges , in a northern side valley of the Lauchtal , in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park . The closest neighboring municipality is Lautenbachzell , located to the south .

history

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Linthal belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Gebweiler district in the Upper Alsace district .

Number of inhabitants
year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1003 613 640 548 523 512 575 607 599

See also

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 515-517.

Web links

Commons : Linthal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Gebweiler district