Sentheim

Sentheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Thann-Guebwiller
Canton	Masevaux
Community association	Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach
Coordinates	47 ° 45 ' N , 7 ° 3' E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ' N , 7 ° 3' E
height	343-456 m
surface	6.18 km 2
Residents	1,577 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	255 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68780
INSEE code	68304
	; Mairie Sentheim

Sentheim is a French commune with 1577 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 Sentheim is located on the Doller in the transition area between the Vosges and the Upper Rhine Plain , about 20 kilometers west of Mulhouse . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .

Neighboring communities of Sentheim are Bourbach-le-Bas in the north, Guewenheim in the east, Soppe-le-Haut in the southeast, Mortzwiller in the southwest and Lauw in the west.

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Sentheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Thann in the district of Upper Alsace .

The name of the municipality is "Santa" in the local Alsatian dialect.

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	1,227	936	1018	927	1042	1162	1378	1525	1577

St. George Church
Chapel of St. Anna
Geology museum
End point of the Museum line Train Thur Doller Alsace , of Cernay of predominantly with steam locomotives is operated