Niederentzen | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 47°56′55″N7°22′55″E / 47.9486°N 7.3819°E Coordinates: 47°56′55″N7°22′55″E / 47.9486°N 7.3819°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Haut-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
Canton | Ensisheim |
Intercommunality | Centre Haut-Rhin |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Widmer [1] |
Area 1 | 8.81 km2 (3.40 sq mi) |
Population | 733 |
• Density | 83/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 68234 /68127 |
Elevation | 201–209 m (659–686 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Niederentzen (German : Niederenzen) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The village of Niederentzen was established between the Vosges and the Rhine on the left bank of the Ill, at an altitude of 205 meters. It has an area of 8.81 square kilometres. It stretches between the Forest of the Thur and the vestiges of the Forest of Hardt . The wooded area is 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi) and 7.25 km2 (2.80 sq mi) is assigned to agriculture. The local climate is characterized by weak precipitation, 539 mm per annum on average, and an average annual temperature of 10.2 °C.
In this area a place called "Giessen" was discovered, along with tombs, jewels and ceramics dating from the first period of the Iron Age to the end of the Bronze Age.
The name (Nidern Enszheim 1276) is a contraction of "Nieder-Ensisheim" ("Nieder": lower). Niederentzen and Oberentzen were originally a single holding. In the thirteenth century, this holding was dissociated and Niederentzen became part of the territory of Murbach Abbey. In 1358, the village was taken by the Habsburgs, who gave it first to the lords of Hattstatt, and then, on their extinction (1585), to the Swiss noble family of Truchsess von Rheinfelden. Jean-Melchior Truchsess von Rheinfelden, who died in 1699, returned the property to the church. After the French Revolution, Niederentzen became part of Ensisheim.
During the nineteenth century, the American businessman Henri Castro offered lands in the state of Texas. Some inhabitants of Niederentzen responded and settled in Castroville and D'Hanis. This second city is currently twinned with Niederentzen; a portion of the village bears its name.
The coat of arms of the village of Niederentzen was created in 1978 by M. Lucien Bilger, then mayor of the commune. It combines elements of the armorial bearings of the Hattstatt lords and the Truchsess nobles, illustrating the history of the village.
Date of election | Name | Action | |
---|---|---|---|
The data before 1977 is unknown. | |||
March 1977 | M. Lucien Bilger | Builds a vacation home | |
March 2001 | M. Jean-Pierre Widmer | Builds the fire department, the war memorial... |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 226 | — |
1975 | 263 | +2.19% |
1982 | 312 | +2.47% |
1990 | 320 | +0.32% |
1999 | 322 | +0.07% |
2007 | 363 | +1.51% |
2012 | 544 | +8.43% |
2017 | 715 | +5.62% |
Source: INSEE [3] |
Bas-Rhin is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin department. Note that both belong to the European Upper Rhine region. It is, with the Haut-Rhin, one of the two departments of the traditional Alsace region which until 1871, also included the area now known as the Territoire de Belfort. The more populous and densely populated of the pair, it had 1,140,057 inhabitants in 2019. The prefecture is based in Strasbourg. The INSEE and Post Code is 67.
Ribeauvillé is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015.
Bitschwiller-lès-Thann is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Guebwiller is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est currently in north-eastern France. It was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015.
The arrondissement of Mulhouse is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 79 communes. Its population is 351,012 (2016), and its area is 707.1 km2 (273.0 sq mi).
Ensisheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is also the birthplace of the composer Léon Boëllmann. The Germanic origins of the village's name reflect the area's history.
Algolsheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Albé is a commune in the Bas Rhin département in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Soultz-Haut-Rhin is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Asswiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
Aigne is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
Hattstatt is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies in the arrondissement of Guebwiller in the historic region of Alsace and is on the Alsatian wineroute.
Wintzenheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Krautergersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies between Strasbourg and Obernai.
Baldenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region of north-eastern France.
Buhl is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Heimsbrunn 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.
Dannemarie is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It was the seat of a canton of the same name and is the seat of the Communauté de communes de la Porte d'Alsace.
The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 81 communes. Its population is 130,270 (2016), and its area is 907.1 km2 (350.2 sq mi).
The canton of Ensisheim is an administrative division of the Haut-Rhin department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Ensisheim.