Guevenatten
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Commune of Guevenatten |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch |
| Canton | Dannemarie |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la porte d'Alsace |
| Mayor | Patrick Fischer (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 305 m–371 m (avg. 315 m) |
| Land area¹ | 2.15 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
144 |
| - Density | 66/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68114/ 68210 |
| 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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Guevenatten (German: Gewenatten) is a village-street and commune in Alsace, in the Haut-Rhin département in France.
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Guevenatten is a part of the country of Sundgau, of the arrondissement of Altkirch and the canton of Dannemarie.
[edit] Geography
Situated six km northwest of Dannemarie, Guevenatten occupies a rather rare site in Sundgau, because it is perched on the line of crests separating the valleys of Traubach and Soultzbach, both tributaries of the left bank of releases her(it).
Guevenatten stretches along the R.D.14, twice connecting the RN83 (Main road 83) to Dannemarie by Traubach-le-Haut. In the north of the village side Sternenberg, comes to be transplanted the RD32V (Secondary road 32 V), it is also the high point of the municipality that peaks in 370 m, which also joins the RN83 by Sternenberg and Diefmatten.
The village preserved a rural character. The surface of the banns is of 217 ha, the used agricultural space represents 87,2 %. The woody surface, included in the agricultural space, is of 58 ha of which 35ha of municipal forest.
