Mussig

Mussig
Coat of arms
Mussig
Location within Alsace region  Mussig
Coordinates: 48°13′46″N 7°31′15″E / 48.2294°N 7.5208°ECoordinates: 48°13′46″N 7°31′15″E / 48.2294°N 7.5208°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Marckolsheim
Intercommunality	Sélestat
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Hilbert
Area^1	11.73 km^2 (4.53 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,131
• Density	96/km^2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67310 / 67600
Elevation	167–174 m (548–571 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.

Mussig is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Successive known names carried by the village were: Moussich, Mosich (1370) and Musich (1453) before becoming Musselburgh. The etymological origin is probably to be found in the existence of wetlands and swamps are conducive to the formation of foam. Until the last century was practiced widely growing flax and hemp, woven at home or delivered to the weavers in the valley of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, this is still in the early twentieth century.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file