Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
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Location within Alsace region
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Wissembourg |
| Canton | Soultz-sous-Forêts |
| Intercommunality | Sauer-Pechelbronn |
| Mayor | Paul Schiellein (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 153–199 m (502–653 ft) |
| Land area1 | 3.76 km2 (1.45 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 879 (2006) |
| - Density | 234 /km2 (610 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67290/ 67250 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 48°56′23″N 7°49′35″E / 48.9397°N 7.8264°E
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
It is notable as the original home of oil sands mining.
Oil sands were mined from 1745 in Merkwiller-Pechelbronn,[1] initially under the direction of Louis Pierre Ancillon de la Sablonnière, by special appointment of Louis XV. The Pechelbronn oil field was active until 1970, and was the birthplace of companies like Antar and Schlumberger. The first modern oil sands refinery was built there in 1857; and it also had the first school of oil technology.[2]
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- ^ "The oil wells of Alsace; a discovery made more than a century ago. What a Pennsylvania operator saw abroad--primitive methods of obtaining oil--the process similar to that used in coal mining". New York Times. 23 February 1880. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F7071EF635551B7A93C1AB1789D85F448884F9.
- ^ "History of Pechelbronn oil"
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