Schœnbourg
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Ingwiller | |
| Community association | Hanau-La Petite Pierre | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 ′ N , 7 ° 16 ′ E | |
| height | 212-361 m | |
| surface | 5.06 km 2 | |
| Residents | 428 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 85 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67320 | |
| INSEE code | 67454 | |
Schœnbourg (German Schönburg ) is a French commune with 428 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Saverne and the Canton of Ingwiller .
geography
The municipality of Schœnbourg is located in the North Vosges on the border with the Moselle department (former Lorraine region ) and is part of the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve .
Neighboring communities are Lohr in the north, Eschbourg in the east and south, Hangviller in the southwest and Bust in the west.
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Schœnbourg belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Zabern in the district of Lower Alsace .
Population development
| 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 | 2012 | 2014 |
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| 639 | 462 | 464 | 460 | 446 | 440 | 414 | 448 | 440 | 436 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 978-979.
