Chalampé

Chalampé Chalampé / Eichwald (arch.)
Commune
The town hall in Chalampé
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°49′N 7°32′E / 47.82°N 7.54°E / 47.82; 7.54Coordinates: 47°49′N 7°32′E / 47.82°N 7.54°E / 47.82; 7.54
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Rixheim
Intercommunality	CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christine Dupont-Dufeutrelle
Area 1	4.77 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	951
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68064 /68490
Dialling codes	0389
Elevation	211–217 m (692–712 ft) (avg. 215 m or 705 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chalampé (German: Eichwald) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France, just across the Rhein River from Neuenburg, Germany.

The town was founded by soldiers of Marshal Dubourg who in 1709 had beaten the Austrians under Count Claude Florimond de Mercy in the War of the Spanish Succession. It is located in an area called Eichwald (oak forest) by the otherwise German-speaking population of the Alsace, and bears its French name since 1735. Before Johann Gottfried Tulla and others straightened the Rhine in the 19th century, the river had changed its course several times, moving the border. Thus, the village was sometimes considered to be part of Germany.

See also[]

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
• (in French) Chalampé rugby club^{[permanent dead link]}

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