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Harskirchen | |
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 The Catholic church and Mairie in Harskirchen | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Harskirchen | |
  Harskirchen  Harskirchen | |
| Coordinates:48°56′01″N7°02′21″E / 48.9336°N 7.0392°E /48.9336; 7.0392 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Saverne |
| Canton | Ingwiller |
| Intercommunality | CC Alsace Bossue |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–2026) | Benoît Boyon[1] |
Area 1 | 14.42 km2 (5.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 894 |
| • Density | 62.0/km2 (161/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67183 /67260 |
| Elevation | 213–277 m (699–909 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Harskirchen (French pronunciation:[aʁskiʁʃən]) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment andGrand Estregion of north-easternFrance.[3]
Harskirchen lies in the valley of theRiver Saar in the extreme northwest of the cultural and historical region ofAlsace. TheCanal des houillères de la Sarre, which connects theCanal de la Marne au Rhin inGondrexange to the canalized Sarre inSarreguemines, passes through the commune, west of the village centre.
Like many communities in French Alsace and the German upper Rhineland, Harskirchen has both aLutheran and aCatholic church. The Lutheran church dates from the eighteenth century and is decorated in theBaroque style, while the nineteenth-century Catholic church is distinguished by itsneo-Gothic tower.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 742 | — |
| 1975 | 811 | +1.28% |
| 1982 | 821 | +0.18% |
| 1990 | 871 | +0.74% |
| 1999 | 847 | −0.31% |
| 2009 | 868 | +0.25% |
| 2014 | 849 | −0.44% |
| 2020 | 882 | +0.64% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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