Rimbach-près-Masevaux

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Rimbach-près-Masevaux
Rimbach-près-Masevaux coat of arms
Rimbach-près-Masevaux (France)
Rimbach-près-Masevaux
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller
Canton Masevaux
Community association Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach
Coordinates 47 ° 50 ′  N , 6 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′  N , 6 ° 57 ′  E
height 514–1,250 m
surface 16.66 km 2
Residents 464 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 28 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68290
INSEE code

Mairie Rimbach-près-Masevaux

Rimbach-près-Masevaux (German Rimbach bei Masmünster ) is a French commune with 464 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller , the canton Masevaux and the municipality association Vallée de la Doller et Soultzbach, founded in 2001 .

geography

The municipality of Rimbach-près-Masevaux is located in the south-eastern Vosges . The municipal area belonging to the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park comprises a section of the Seebach valley including the side valleys. The Seebach flows into the Doller in the neighboring municipality of Oberbruck to the south . The only road that can be used all year round leads from Oberbruck in the Dollertal to Rimbach-près-Masevaux. The heights surrounding Rimbach are partly over 1000 m above sea level ( Rossberg 1191 m, Stiftkopf 1054 m, Tête des Perches 1222 m). The latter summit is part of the Vosges ridge, which leads to the Vosges department .

The district of Ermensbach in the Neuweiherbachtal belongs to Rimbach .

Rimbach's neighboring communities are Storckensohn and Mollau in the north, Mitzach and Moosch in the northeast, Wegscheid in the southeast, Oberbruck in the south and Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 453 477 444 435 456 503 502 464

Attractions

  • St. Augustine's Church from 1848
West side of the church
South side of the church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , p. 740.

Web links

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