Morschwiller-le-Bas

Morschwiller-le-Bas Niedermorschwiller
Commune
The town hall in Morschwiller-le-Bas
Coat of arms
Morschwiller-le-Bas Location within Grand Est region Morschwiller-le-Bas
Coordinates: 47°44′12″N 7°16′16″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Kingersheim
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Josiane Mehlen
Area1	7.55 km2 (2.92 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,114
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68218 /68790
Elevation	248–311 m (814–1,020 ft) (avg. 265 m or 869 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.

Morschwiller-le-Bas ([mɔʁʃvilɛʁ lə ba]; German: Niedermorschweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.

Composer and organist Julien Koszul (1844–1927), grandfather to both mathematician Jean-Louis Koszul and composer Henri Dutilleux, was born in Morschwiller-le-Bas.

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin département

References

• INSEE