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Haegen Haaje | |
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 Haegen overlooked by the Château du Grand-Geroldseck | |
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 Location of Haegen | |
  Haegen  Haegen | |
| Coordinates:48°42′53″N7°20′23″E / 48.7147°N 7.3397°E /48.7147; 7.3397 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Saverne |
| Canton | Saverne |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Saverne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Marie-Pierre Oberlé[1] |
Area 1 | 20.32 km2 (7.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 657 |
| • Density | 32.3/km2 (83.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67179 /67700 |
| Elevation | 195–587 m (640–1,926 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Haegen (French pronunciation:[ɛɡən]ⓘ;German:Hägen) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 502 | — |
| 1975 | 512 | +0.28% |
| 1982 | 511 | −0.03% |
| 1990 | 569 | +1.35% |
| 1999 | 627 | +1.08% |
| 2007 | 637 | +0.20% |
| 2012 | 657 | +0.62% |
| 2017 | 677 | +0.60% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Haegen is a mountain village located on the western frontier ofAlsace which at this point coincides with thewestern frontier of theAlemanish dialect area. Across theVosges Mountains to the west of the commune isLorraine.
On the Alsace side, neighbouring communes areSaverne andGottenhouse to the north-east, andThal-Marmoutier andReinhardsmunster to the south-east.
The commune contains the ruined remains of a twelfth-century castle, one of the earliest surviving castles in the North Vosges region, and of a fourteenth-century smaller fortress. These are known as theChâteau du Grand-Geroldseck and theChâteau du Petit-Geroldseck.
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