Muespach-le-Haut
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
Canton | Altkirch | |
Community association | Sundgau | |
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.
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Muespach-le-Haut 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 | 2014 |
Residents | 459 | 440 | 470 | 550 | 623 | 676 | 810 | 951 | 1102 |
Attractions
- Church of St. George, built around 1820 in place of a previous chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 430-432.
Web links
- Community presentation (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Louis - Blotzheim - Waldighoffen on forum.e-train.fr
- ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district