Muespach-le-Haut

Muespach-le-Haut
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Altkirch
Canton	Altkirch
Community association	Sundgau
Coordinates	47 ° 33 ' N , 7 ° 24' E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ' N , 7 ° 24' E
height	410-493 m
surface	6.91 km 2
Residents	1,065 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	154 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68640
INSEE code	68222
	; Mairie Muespach-le-Haut

Muespach-le-Haut (German Obermüspach ) is a French commune with 1,065 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton Altkirch and community association Sundgau .

geography

The community of Muespach-le-Haut is located on the eponymous Muesbach , which flows into the Ill a few kilometers to the west of lls Gersbach . The Sundgau community is 15 kilometers from Basel and 20 kilometers from Altkirch .

Neighboring communities of Muespach-le-Haut are Knœringue in the north, Michelbach-le-Haut in the northeast, Folgensbourg in the east, Linsdorf in the south, Fislis in the southwest and Muespach in the west.

From 1915 on, the community owned a common train station with Folgensbourg 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.