Guebwiller
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St. Léger Church | ||
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Location within Alsace region  Guebwiller | ||
| Coordinates: 47°54′30″N 7°12′39″E / 47.9083°N 7.2108°ECoordinates: 47°54′30″N 7°12′39″E / 47.9083°N 7.2108°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller | |
| Canton | Guebwiller | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la région de Guebwiller | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Denis Rebmann | |
| Area1 | 9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 11,609 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68112 / 68500 | |
| Elevation |
254–620 m (833–2,034 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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Guebwiller (French: Guebwiller, pronounced: [ɡebvilɛʁ]; Alsatian: Gàwiller [ˈkaːviləʁ]; German: Gebweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine currently in north-eastern France.
It is situated 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies 8 km (5.0 mi) to the west of the town.
In 2006, Guebwiller had a total population of 11,609[1] and its metropolitan area a population of 31,868.[2]
People
Guebwiller was the birthplace of the physicist and Nobel laureate Alfred Kastler; of the Schlumberger brothers; of the ceramicist Théodore Deck; of Nicholas Niklaus Riggenbach, engineer, builder of steam locomotives and rack railways like the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahnen in the Swiss Alps; and of composer Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin.
Twin towns
Guebwiller is twinned with:
Points of interest
- Romanesque and early gothic church Église Saint-Léger
- Gothic former Dominican abbey Les Dominicains, now used as a cultural center.
- Early Renaissance townhall ( Hôtel de ville)
- Neoclassical church Église Notre-Dame, largest neoclassical church in Alsace
- Musée Théodore Deck et des pays du Florival, largest museum in Haut-Rhin outside Colmar and Mulhouse
- Parc de la Marseillaise
See also
References
- ↑ Commune : Guebwiller (68112) on INSEE
- ↑ Aire urbaine 1999 : Guebwiller (197) on INSEE
- ↑ "Partnerstädte der Stadt Luzern". Stadt Luzern (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guebwiller. |
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Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article about Guebwiller. |
- Official website (French)
- Homepage of the Musée du Florival
- Wikipedia page for Église Notre Dame (French)
- The Florivaliens homepage
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