Guevenatten

Guevenatten
Coat of arms of Guevenatten Coat of arms
Guevenatten
Location within Alsace region Guevenatten
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Altkirch
Canton	Dannemarie
Intercommunality	Porte d'Alsace
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Patrick Fischer
Area1	2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	140
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	68114 / 68210
Elevation	305–371 m (1,001–1,217 ft) (avg. 315 m or 1,033 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.

Guevenatten (German: Gevenatten) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

Administration

Guevenatten is a part of the Sundgau.

Geography

Situated 6 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. On the north of the village, the Sternenberg is the highest point in the municipality at 370 m.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin département

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website