Masevaux
Masevaux
Màsmìnschter | |
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Part of Masevaux-Niederbruck | |
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Location of Masevaux  | |
  Masevaux  Masevaux | |
| Coordinates: 47°46′28″N 6°59′47″E / 47.7744°N 6.9964°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
| Canton | Masevaux-Niederbruck |
| Commune | Masevaux-Niederbruck |
Area 1 | 23.21 km2 (8.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 3,308 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 68290 |
| Elevation | 392–1,191 m (1,286–3,907 ft) (avg. 405 m or 1,329 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Masevaux (French pronunciation: [mazvo] is the French name of Màsmìnschter (Alemannic German pronunciation: [mɒsˈmɪnʃtʁ̩]), a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France.
Demographic evolution
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1962 | 3,326 | — |
| 1968 | 3,385 | +0.29% |
| 1975 | 3,601 | +0.89% |
| 1982 | 3,328 | −1.12% |
| 1990 | 3,267 | −0.23% |
| 1999 | 3,329 | +0.21% |
| 2007 | 3,234 | −0.36% |
| 2012 | 3,334 | +0.61% |
| 2019 | 3,308 | −0.11% |
| Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (2007-2019)[3][1] | ||
History
[edit]On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Masevaux-Niederbruck.[4]
Famous Residents
[edit]The organist and composer Jacques-Louis Battmann (1818–1886) was born in Masevaux.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Masevaux, EHESS (in French).
- ^ "Populations légales 2012: Commune de Masevaux (68201)". INSEE. 27 December 2014.
- ^ Arrêté 22 December 2015 (in French)
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