Étueffont

Étueffont
Commune
Forge Museum
Coat of arms
Location of Étueffont
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Coordinates: 47°43′11″N 6°55′21″E / 47.7197°N 6.9225°E / 47.7197; 6.9225Coordinates: 47°43′11″N 6°55′21″E / 47.7197°N 6.9225°E / 47.7197; 6.9225
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement	Belfort
Canton	Giromagny
Intercommunality	Vosges du Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Fessler
Area 1	12.53 km2 (4.84 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,458
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	90041 /90170
Elevation	399–915 m (1,309–3,002 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Étueffont is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France.

History[]

The separate villages of Étueffont-Bas (founded in the 16th century, with 28 families in 1760) and Étueffont-Haut (founded in the 12th century, with 38 families in 1760) were merged into the current commune on 12 June 1973.

Geography[]

The town sits at the foot of the Vosges mountains on the banks of the river Madeleine, in the Regional Natural Park Les Ballons des Vosges.

Sights[]

In the village center an 18th-century smithy houses a Forge Museum^[2] that commemorates four generations of blacksmiths working in the village from 1843 to 1977.

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Étueffont.

• Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department

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