Wattwiller

Wattwiller (French pronunciation: [vatvilɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Alemannic German: Wǎttwillr; German: Wattweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of the Grand Est region, which lies in the north-eastern part of France.

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Commune
A general view of Wattwiller
Coat of arms
Location of Wattwiller
Wattwiller Show map of France Wattwiller Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 47°50′13″N 7°10′51″E / 47.8369°N 7.1808°E / 47.8369; 7.1808
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Thann-Guebwiller
Canton	Cernay
Intercommunality	Thann-Cernay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Mathieu Ermel^[1]
Area ^1	13.61 km^2 (5.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	1,668
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68359 /68700
Elevation	266–1,121 m (873–3,678 ft) (avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wattwiller ruins in 1920

Located near the Vosges mountain rocky spur of Hartmannswillerkopf, Wattwiller was a strategic village in the Alsace, and suffered attacks in or near it during the Thirty Years' War and in both World Wars.

Nowadays Wattwiller is best known for its mineral water. Wattwiller is also located on the Alsace Wine Route.

• Mineral water plant

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,020	—
1975	1,135	+1.54%
1982	1,186	+0.63%
1990	1,506	+3.03%
1999	1,593	+0.63%
2007	1,721	+0.97%
2012	1,731	+0.12%
2017	1,634	−1.15%
2020	1,678	+0.89%
Source: INSEE^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

 

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