Barr, Bas-Rhin
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Location within Alsace region  Barr | ||
| Coordinates: 48°24′32″N 7°27′02″E / 48.4089°N 7.4506°ECoordinates: 48°24′32″N 7°27′02″E / 48.4089°N 7.4506°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Alsace | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
| Canton | Barr | |
| Intercommunality | Piémont de Barr | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gilbert Scholly | |
| Area1 | 20.61 km2 (7.96 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 6,787 | |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67021 / 67140 | |
| Elevation | 176–971 m (577–3,186 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Barr is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in northeastern France.
History
Barr was originally an imperial property, but in 1522 the Habsburgs leased it to Nicolas Ziegler, and a few years later give him the freehold. Ziegler's sons sold Barr to the city of Strasbourg. This led to Barr being involved in the Bishop's War of Strasbourg (1592–1604) against the Catholics of Lorraine, which resulted in Barr's castle and many of its houses being razed to the ground in 1592. [1]
The 1878 synagogue survived the Nazi occupation.[2]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 3,771 | — |
| 1800 | 3,996 | +6.0% |
| 1806 | 4,143 | +3.7% |
| 1821 | 4,091 | −1.3% |
| 1831 | 4,324 | +5.7% |
| 1836 | 4,521 | +4.6% |
| 1841 | 4,095 | −9.4% |
| 1846 | 4,185 | +2.2% |
| 1851 | 4,345 | +3.8% |
| 1856 | 4,737 | +9.0% |
| 1861 | 4,877 | +3.0% |
| 1866 | 5,082 | +4.2% |
| 1871 | 5,655 | +11.3% |
| 1875 | 5,945 | +5.1% |
| 1880 | 5,857 | −1.5% |
| 1885 | 5,646 | −3.6% |
| 1890 | 5,678 | +0.6% |
| 1895 | 5,576 | −1.8% |
| 1900 | 5,243 | −6.0% |
| 1905 | 5,022 | −4.2% |
| 1910 | 4,934 | −1.8% |
| 1921 | 4,176 | −15.4% |
| 1926 | 4,185 | +0.2% |
| 1931 | 4,278 | +2.2% |
| 1936 | 4,389 | +2.6% |
| 1946 | 4,430 | +0.9% |
| 1954 | 4,322 | −2.4% |
| 1962 | 4,207 | −2.7% |
| 1968 | 4,268 | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 4,157 | −2.6% |
| 1982 | 4,511 | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 4,839 | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 5,892 | +21.8% |
| 2006 | 6,599 | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 6,789 | +2.9% |
International relations
Barr is twinned with:
Perros-Guirec, France
See also
References
- ↑ "BARR du XVIème siècle à la Révolution". Krucker family. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ↑ http://judaisme.sdv.fr//synagog/basrhin/a-f/barr.htm
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