Soppe-le-Bas

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Soppe-le-Bas
Coat of arms of Soppe-le-Bas
Soppe-le-Bas (France)
Soppe-le-Bas
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller
Canton Masevaux
Community association Vallée de la Doller and Soultzbach
Coordinates 47 ° 43 '  N , 7 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '  N , 7 ° 5'  E
height 297-380 m
surface 5.68 km 2
Residents 763 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 134 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68780
INSEE code 68313

Mairie Soppe-le-Bas

Soppe-le-Bas (German Niedersulzbach ) is a French commune with 763 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Masevaux and the municipal association Vallée de la Doller et Soultzbach .

geography

Soppe-le-Bach is located in the west of Alsace in Sundgau , twelve kilometers southwest of Cernay and 9.5 kilometers southeast of Masevaux , between the neighboring communities of Diefmatten in the southeast and Soppe-le-Haut in the northwest.

history

Soppe-le-Bas was first mentioned in 1105 as Suspa . In 1185 it was called Sulcebach , in 1302 Sulzebach Inferior . Sulze or sulza was the Old High German word for " salt water ". The place name meant "mineral stream". The village belonged to the Seigneurie Thann , which in turn belonged to the Holy Roman Empire from 1324 to 1648 under the rule of the Habsburgs . From 1648 until the French Revolution (1789–1799) Soppe-le-Bas belonged to the Duchy of Rethel . The municipality was awarded the Croix de guerre (1914-1918), a total of 2952 municipalities received this order between 1917 and 1926.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 278 284 304 348 378 588 728 763

Attractions

St. Vincent

An original Saint-Vincent church was built in the 14th century. In 1706 the church was rebuilt and redesigned in 1772. The bell tower was repaired in 1784. In 1829 and 1837 the choir and the nave were rebuilt and enlarged again. The organ of the church was constructed in 1842 by Valentin Rinkenbach. In 1946, Georges Schwenkedel switched the organ to electrical operation. It was classified as a Monument historique in 1980 .

economy

The main occupations of the Bas-Soppois (residents) are forestry , arable farming , fruit growing , dairy farming and the breeding of domestic cattle and domestic pigs .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 746-747.

Web links

Commons : Soppe-le-Bas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Soppe-le-Bas on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved on February 4, 2010
  2. ↑ Soppe-le-Bas in Base Mérimée (French) Retrieved on February 4, 2010
  3. ↑ Soppe-le-Bas, St Vincent ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved February 4, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / decouverte.orgue.free.fr
  4. ^ Soppe-le-Bas in Base Palissy (French) Retrieved on February 4, 2010
  5. ↑ http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=821&req=Soppe-le-Bas&style=fiche Soppe-le-Bas on quid.fr (French) Retrieved on February 4, 2010 March 2010 no longer available.