Haegen

Haegen Haaje
Haegen overlooked by the Château du Grand-Geroldseck
Coat of arms
Haegen
Location within Alsace region  Haegen
Coordinates: 48°42′53″N 7°20′23″E / 48.7147°N 7.3397°ECoordinates: 48°42′53″N 7°20′23″E / 48.7147°N 7.3397°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Saverne
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Pierre Oberle
Area^1	20.32 km^2 (7.85 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	654
• Density	32/km^2 (83/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67179 / 67700
Elevation	195–587 m (640–1,926 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.

Haegen (German: Hägen) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Geography

Haegen is a mountain village located on the western frontier of Alsace which at this point coincides with the western frontier of the Alemanish dialect area. Across the Vosges Mountains to the west of the commune is Lorraine.

On the Alsace side, neighbouring communes are Saverne and Gottenhouse to the north-east, and Thal-Marmoutier and Reinhardsmunster to the south-east.

Landmarks

The commune contains the ruined remains of a twelfth-century castle, one of the earliest surviving castles in the North Vosges region, and of a fourteenth-century smaller fortress. These are known as the Château du Grand-Geroldseck and the Château du Petit-Geroldseck.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file