Soultz-sous-Forêts

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Soultz-sous-Forêts
Soultz-sous-Forêts coat of arms
Soultz-sous-Forêts (France)
Soultz-sous-Forêts
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton Wissembourg
Community association Outre-Forêt
Coordinates 48 ° 56 '  N , 7 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '  N , 7 ° 53'  E
height 137-508 m
surface 15.15 km 2
Residents 3,177 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 210 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67250
INSEE code 67474
Website www.soultzsousforets.fr

Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Soultz-sous-Forêts (German Sulz unterm Wald ) is a French commune with 3,177 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It is located in the canton of Wissembourg . The appendix to the place name was derived from the hilly, largely forested landscape. The community is located in the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve . On July 1, 1982, the village of Hohwiller (German: Hohweiler ) was incorporated. This street village is located southeast of the main settlement.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1964 2159 2208 2289 2185 2494 2645 3177

Attractions

  • The Protestant church was built at the end of the 15th century.
  • The Catholic Peter and Paul Church was consecrated in 1910.
  • The former synagogue in Soultz was built in 1897 in neo-Romanesque style.
  • The simultaneous church of John the Baptist in Hohwiller dates from the 18th century, but the choir is Gothic and contains wall paintings from 1491.

  • Protestant church

  • Former synagogue

  • Simultaneous Church of John the Baptist in Hohwiller

  • Church of St. Peter and Paul

Economy and Infrastructure

In Soultz-sous-Forêts there is the Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières , a research institute for geology and mining (minières = ore mine).

In 1986 the planning of a deep geothermal power plant began. In July 2008, after been enhanced geothermal system working power plant taken as the first of its kind in operation in France. Electricité de Strasbourg is the buyer of the electricity generated . The plant has a capacity of 1.5 MWe, with which it can supply around 1500 households.

Personalities

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1288-1290.

Web links

Commons : Soultz-sous-Forêts  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörg Baumgärtner: The European Hot Dry Rock Project at Soultz (PDF, 1.46 MB, English)