Wattwiller

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Wattwiller
Wǎttwillr
Coat of arms of Wattwiller
Location of Wattwiller
Map
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementThann-Guebwiller
CantonCernay
IntercommunalityCernay et environs
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Muller (Green)
Area
1
13.61 km2 (5.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
1,762
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
68359 /68700
Elevation266–1,121 m (873–3,678 ft)
(avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wattwiller (Alemannic German: Wǎttwillr; German: Wattweiler) is a communes in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Wattwiller ruins in 1920

Located near Hartmannswillerkopf, it was a strategic village during World War Two.

Nowadays Wattwiller is known for its mineral water.

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