Wattwiller

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Wattwiller
Wǎttwillr
Commune
A general view of Wattwiller
A general view of Wattwiller
Coat of arms of Wattwiller
Coat of arms
Location of Wattwiller
Wattwiller is located in France
Wattwiller
Wattwiller
Coordinates: 47°50′13″N 7°10′51″E / 47.8369°N 7.1808°E / 47.8369; 7.1808Coordinates: 47°50′13″N 7°10′51″E / 47.8369°N 7.1808°E / 47.8369; 7.1808
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementThann-Guebwiller
CantonCernay
Intercommunality
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Mathieu Ermel
Area
1
13.61 km2 (5.25 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
1,649
 • Density120/km2 (310/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 commune in the Haut-Rhin department of the Grand Est region, which lies in the north-eastern part of France.

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.

  • Mineral water plant

  • Wattwiller mineral water

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
20061,714—    
20071,721+0.4%
20081,727+0.3%
20091,734+0.4%
20101,741+0.4%
20111,738−0.2%
20121,731−0.4%
20131,706−1.4%
20141,681−1.5%
20151,656−1.5%
20161,646−0.6%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.


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