Wuenheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller | |
| Canton | Guebwiller | |
| Community association | Region of Guebwiller | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 52 ' N , 7 ° 13' E | |
| height | 257-956 m | |
| surface | 6.17 km 2 | |
| Residents | 799 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 129 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68500 | |
| INSEE code | 68381 | |
| Website | wuenheim.free.fr | |
 Mairie Wuenheim |
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Wuenheim ( German Wünheim ) is a French commune with 799 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller , the Canton of Guebwiller and the Région de Guebwiller municipal association .
geography
The municipality of Wuenheim lies on the edge of the Vosges . The Wuenheimerbach , fed by the mountain streams Gutenbach and Kaltenbach , enters the Upper Rhine Plain here . In the southwest of the municipality, the highest point is reached in Hartmannswillerkopf at 956 m. The territory of the municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
Neighboring communities of Wuenheim are Jungholtz in the north, Soultz-Haut-Rhin in the east, Hartmannswiller in the south, Wattwiller in the southwest and the Forêt Reculée de Soultz , an enclave of the municipality of Soultz-Haut-Rhin, in the west.
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Wuenheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Gebweiler district in the Upper Alsace district .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1,031 | 654 | 693 | 718 | 756 | 800 | 850 | 811 | 799 |
Attractions
- Church of St. Egidius ( Église Saint-Gilles )
Parish partnership
There is a community partnership with Grävenwiesbach . The initiator was the entrepreneur Josef Grünewald , who ran a company in Wuenheim from 1941 to 1945 and in Grävenwiesbach from 1946. Josef Grünewald is an honorary citizen of Wuenheim.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1254-1259.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality (French)