Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines

Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Community association	Val d'Argent
Coordinates	48 ° 16 ' N , 7 ° 14' E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ' N , 7 ° 14' E
height	290-980 m
surface	27.85 km 2
Residents	1,922 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	69 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68160
INSEE code	68294
	; Mairie Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines

Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (German Sankt Kreuz im Lebertal ) is a French commune with 1922 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

It lies on the Lièpvrette , whose valley is now called Val d 'Argent (Silver Valley) because of its mining past . Like the neighboring communities Lièpvre (downstream), Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (upstream) and Rombach-le-Franc is she a member of the municipal association Communauté de communes du Val d'Argent . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .

The Lièpvrette in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	2,399	2,261	2,332	2.010	1.932	2,035	2,073	1,922

Saint-Nicolas church

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1083-1087.

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