Masevaux

Masevaux

Coat of arms
Masevaux
Location within Grand Est region
Masevaux
Coordinates: 47°46′28″N 6°59′47″E / 47.7744°N 6.9964°E / 47.7744; 6.9964Coordinates: 47°46′28″N 6°59′47″E / 47.7744°N 6.9964°E / 47.7744; 6.9964
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller
Canton Masevaux
Intercommunality Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Laurent Lerch
Area1 23.21 km2 (8.96 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 3,279
  Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 68201 /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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Church: église Saint-Martin

Masevaux (German: Masmünster) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Masevaux-Niederbruck.[1]

The organist and composer Jacques-Louis Battmann (1818–1886) was born in Maseveaux.

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References

  1. Arrêté 22 December 2015 (in French)
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