Steige (Bas-Rhin)

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Steige (France)
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region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Dirty
Community association Vallée de Villé
Coordinates 48 ° 22 '  N , 7 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '  N , 7 ° 14'  E
height 317–1,020 m
surface 9.86 km 2
Residents 609 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 62 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67220
INSEE code
Website http://steige.free.fr/index2.html ( Memento from November 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

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Steige is a French commune with 609 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein and the Canton of Mutzig .

geography

The municipality of Steige is located in the valley of the upper Ruisseau du Giessen de Steige , a tributary of the Giessen in the Vosges . The 535 meter high Col de Steige connects Steige with the upper Breuschtal .

In addition to the main settlement, there are also the districts of Architte, Bas-de-Monts, Champ-Marchal, La Mine, Roseprés and Woisselingoutte .

Neighboring communities of Steige are Breitenbach in the northeast, Maisonsgoutte in the east, Lalaye in the south, Urbeis in the southwest and Ranrupt in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 530 540 520 505 463 505 541 609

Attractions

  • Half-timbered houses
  • Sainte-Madeleine church
  • Chapel at the cemetery
  • Joseph Meister House

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1512-1514.

Web links

Commons : Steige  - collection of images, videos and audio files