Michelbach-le-Bas
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Saint-Louis | |
| Community association | Saint-Louis agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 36 ' N , 7 ° 28' E | |
| height | 284-346 m | |
| surface | 4.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 697 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 141 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68730 | |
| INSEE code | 68207 | |
| Website | www.michelbachlebas.fr | |
 town hall |
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Michelbach-le-Bas (German Nieder-Michelbach ) is a French commune with 697 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Mulhouse , the canton of Saint-Louis and the municipality of Saint-Louis Agglomération .
geography
The municipality of Michelbach-le-Bas is located in the Sundgau , about ten kilometers northwest of Basel and 20 kilometers east of Mulhouse . A few kilometers east of Michelbach-le-Haut is the Basel-Mulhouse airport .
Neighboring communities of Michelbach-le-Bas are Brinckheim in the north, Blotzheim in the east, Hésingue in the southeast, Attenschwiller in the south, Ranspach-le-Bas in the west and Kappelen in the northwest.
From 1915 on, the community owned a train station on the Waldighoffen – Saint-Louis-la-Chaussée line . This comprised two sidings and a loading siding. Passenger traffic was discontinued in 1955 and the line closed in 1960.
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Michelbach-le-Bas 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 | 266 | 251 | 285 | 403 | 583 | 627 | 724 | 715 | 697 |
Attractions
- Saint-Théodore church, built in 1832 (according to other sources built in 1804)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 623-624.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Louis - Blotzheim - Waldighoffen on forum.e-train.fr
- ↑ a b Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Mülhausen district
- ↑ Entry on patrimoine-de-france.org (French)