Soultz-Haut-Rhin
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Location within Alsace region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Guebwiller |
| Canton | Soultz-Haut-Rhin |
| Intercommunality | Région de Guebwiller |
| Mayor | Thomas Birgaentzlé (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 239–1,421 m (784–4,662 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 ft) |
| Land area1 | 29.56 km2 (11.41 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 7,184 (2006) |
| - Density | 243 /km2 (630 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68315/ 68360 |
| 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: 47°53′10″N 7°13′47″E / 47.886°N 7.2297°E
Soultz-Haut-Rhin is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Its inhabitants are called Soultziens.
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[edit] Geography
The town of Soultz-Haut-Rhin has an enclave located northeast of Goldbach-Altenbach.
The town of Soultz was built around a salted water source from which originates its name.
[edit] History
The origins of Soultz go back to the 7th century.
667 : the written name of Sulza (salted source) is mentioned in a donation from Adalrich, Duke of Alsace, father of Saint Odile, of the bann of Soultz to the convent of Ebersmunster.
[edit] Demography
- 1962 : 4750
- 1968 : 4910
- 1975 : 5689
- 1982 : 5696
- 1990 : 5867
- 1999 : 6640
- 2006 : 7184
[edit] Places of interest
Soultz has houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
- The Church Saint-Mauritius, l'église Saint-Maurice (1270–1489)
- The Bucheneck Castle (historical museum)
- La Nef des Jouets (The Toys Vessel, museum of toys)
[edit] People
- Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, who married Catherine Gontcharoff, eldest sister of Alexander Pushkin's wife, and killed Pushkin in a duel.
- Auguste-César West (1810–1880), prefect of Haut-Rhin from 1848 to 1850 then prefect of Bas-Rhin until 1855 and of Haute-Garonne until 1859.
- Bernard Genghini, footballist, born in 1958 in Soultz
- Pierre Villon (1901–1980), whose real name was Pierre Ginsburger, was a French political figure who took part to the Resistance.
- Katia Krafft, volcanologue, born in 1942 in Soultz. Spouse of the volcanologue Maurice Krafft. Both of them were carried off in 1991 by a pyroclastical flow on the sides of the Mount Unzen (Japan).
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Soultz-Haut-Rhin |
- Site officiel de la mairie de Soultz
- Soultz-Haut-Rhin on the Institut géographique national website
- Soultz-Haut-Rhin on the INSEE website
- Soultz-Haut-Rhin sur le site du Quid
- Localisation de Soultz-Haut-Rhin sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes
- Plan de Soultz-Haut-Rhin sur Mapquest
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