Rammersmatt

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Rammersmatt
Rammersmatt coat of arms
Rammersmatt (France)
Rammersmatt
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller
Canton Cernay
Community association Thann-Cernay
Coordinates 47 ° 47 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E
height 414-883 m
surface 5.47 km 2
Residents 223 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68800
INSEE code 68261

Rammersmatt is a French commune with 223 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 Thann-Guebwiller and the canton of Cernay .

geography

The village of Rammersmatt is nestled between the Thann and Masevaux valleys on the south-eastern edge of the Vosges, about 20 km from Mulhouse in the east and 30 km from Belfort in the south-west. The place is surrounded by vast forest areas, only in a southerly direction does the hilly landscape open towards the neighboring villages of Bourbach-le-Bas and Roderen . The municipality is located in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .

history

The name of the community goes back to the German family name Ramprecht. In 1323 it appears in the sources as Ramprechtes matten . Rammersmatt was formerly a lease of the Saint-Morand priory . The village was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . After that, it was abandoned for a long time.

Population development
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 153 134 152 166 169 180 218 218

Rammersmatt is the smallest village in the Thann region. After a slight decrease in the number of inhabitants in the early 1960s, the community has since recorded a slow but constant increase in population. In 1999, the proportion of those under 30 was well over 30%, and that of those over 60 was slightly more than 20%.

Attractions

  • The Saint-Jean Gualbert church has a Gothic bell tower from the 13th century.
  • A memorial commemorates the liberation of the place towards the end of the Second World War by the Bataillon de Choc .

  • Saint-Jean-Gualbert Church

  • Town hall and school building

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1273-1275.

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