Dambach-la-Ville
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Dambach-la-Ville
Dàmbàch | |
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Coordinates: 48°19′29″N 7°25′41″E / 48.3247°N 7.4281°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Bas-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein |
Canton | Obernai |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Hauller[1] |
Area 1 | 28.83 km2 (11.13 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,207 |
• Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Demonym | Dambachois |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 67084 /67650 |
Elevation | 164–662 m (538–2,172 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Dambach-la-Ville (German: Dambach) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.[3]
It lies northwest of Sélestat, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.
Dambach-la-Ville is known for its quality wines.
History
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The village was first recorded in 1125 as Tambacum. In the thirteenth century, the Bishop of Strasbourg, Berthold I of Teck , made Dambach annex two local villages, Altenwiller and Oberkirch. The Chapelle of Saint-Sébastien is located in what used to be Oberkirch.[4]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,051 | — |
1975 | 2,039 | −0.08% |
1982 | 1,907 | −0.95% |
1990 | 1,800 | −0.72% |
1999 | 1,973 | +1.02% |
2007 | 1,924 | −0.31% |
2012 | 2,016 | +0.94% |
2017 | 2,201 | +1.77% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
Twin towns
[edit]Dambach-la-Ville is twinned with:
Wine
[edit]Dambach-la-Ville is the largest wine-producing village in Alsace. Its vineyards produce one of the finest Alsacian wines: the Grand Cru Frankstein .
Notable residents
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Hervé de Chalendar, article Villages disparus (6): Dambach, the city that absorbed its neighbors,newspaper L'Alsace,2012.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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City hall
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Fontaine de l'ours
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Saint-Sébastien chapel