Rimsdorf
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Ingwiller | |
| Community association | Alsace Bossue | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 ' N , 7 ° 8' E | |
| height | 225-352 m | |
| surface | 6.07 km 2 | |
| Residents | 308 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67260 | |
| INSEE code | 67401 | |
Rimsdorf is a French commune with 308 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Saverne and the municipality association Alsace Bossue .
geography
The municipality of Rimsdorf in Crooked Alsace is located on a ridge that separates the Saar valley in the west from the catchment area of the Eichel in the east. In the area of the municipality, the Metzlachgraben rises as a direct tributary of the Saar, east of the village center of the Hoellgraben , a tributary of the Eichel. A third of the 6.07 km² area of the municipality belongs to the forest area Forêt domaniale de Sarre-Union (formerly: Bannholz ), the majority of the gently hilly area consists of pastures and fields.
Rimsdorf's neighboring communities are Domfessel in the northeast, Mackwiller in the east, Thal-Drulingen and Burbach in the south, Sarrewerden in the west and Sarre-Union in the northwest.
history
Rimsdorf belonged to the Counts of Sarrewerden , from 1745 until the French Revolution in 1789 to the house of Nassau-Weilburg .
In 1793 the community still had the spelling Rimsdorff , 1801 Rimstorf .
The church, which was destroyed in World War II, was replaced by a modern church completed in 1960.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In blue a slanting silver wolf tang with cross brace."
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 242 | 249 | 230 | 253 | 251 | 258 | 262 | 308 | |
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Economy and Infrastructure
There are two farms in the community (horse and cattle breeding). There is also a sawmill in the community. Some residents are commuters to the nearby industrial areas of the city of Sarre-Union .
The Paris-Strasbourg motorway runs through the municipality of Rimsdorfs in a north-south direction with the Sarre-Union connection , located one kilometer south of the village center. The national road 61 ( Saarbrücken - Phalsbourg ), which runs parallel to the motorway, touches the south of the municipality. The nearest train stations are in Sarralbe and Diemeringen .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1085-1086.
supporting documents
- ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ www.actuacity.com
- ↑ Rimsdorf on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Rimsdorf on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
