Morschwiller-le-Bas

Morschwiller-le-Bas
Niedermorschwiller
Commune

Coat of arms
Morschwiller-le-Bas

Coordinates: 47°44′12″N 7°16′16″E / 47.7367°N 7.2711°E / 47.7367; 7.2711Coordinates: 47°44′12″N 7°16′16″E / 47.7367°N 7.2711°E / 47.7367; 7.2711
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Mulhouse
Canton Kingersheim
Intercommunality Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Josiane Mehlen
Area1 7.55 km2 (2.92 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 3,114
  Density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 68218 /68790
Elevation 248–311 m (814–1,020 ft)
(avg. 265 m or 869 ft)

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.

Morschwiller-le-Bas ([mɔʁʃvilɛʁ lə ba]; German: Niedermorschweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[1]

Composer and organist Julien Koszul (1844–1927), grandfather to both mathematician Jean-Louis Koszul and composer Henri Dutilleux, was born in Morschwiller-le-Bas.

See also

References

  1. "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
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