Guebwiller
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Commune of Guebwiller |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Haut-Rhin (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Guebwiller |
| Canton | Guebwiller (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Région de Guebwiller |
| Mayor | Daniel Weber (2001-2007) |
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| Elevation | 254 m–620 m (avg. 300 m) |
| Land area¹ | 9.68 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
11,525 |
| - Density | 1,190/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 68112/ 68500 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Guebwiller (French: Guebwiller, pronounced [gebvilɛʁ]; Alsatian: Gàwiller, pronounced [ˈkaːviləʁ]; German: Gebweiler) is a commune of the Haut-Rhin département, in Alsace, France. It is situated 20 km to the northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies 8 km to the west of the town.
Guebwiller was the birthplace of the physicist and Nobel laureate Alfred Kastler, of the Schlumberger brothers, and of the ceramicist Théodore Deck.
[edit] Sights
- Romanesque and early gothic church Église Saint-Léger
- Gothic former Dominican abbey Les Dominicains, now used as a cultural center.
- Early Renaissance townhall ( Hôtel de ville)
- Neoclassical church Église Notre-Dame, largest neoclassical church in Alsace
- Musée du Florival, largest museum in Haut-Rhin outside Colmar and Mulhouse
[edit] Twin towns
Guebwiller is twinned with:
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