Carspach
Commune
The town hall in Carspach
The town hall in Carspach
Coat of arms of Carspach
Coat of arms
Location of Carspach
Map
Carspach is located in France
Carspach
Carspach
Carspach is located in Grand Est
Carspach
Carspach
Coordinates: 47°36′58″N 7°12′46″E / 47.6161°N 7.2128°E / 47.6161; 7.2128
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementAltkirch
CantonAltkirch
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Rémi Spillmann[1]
Area
1
17.17 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,083
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
68062 /68130
Elevation283–397 m (928–1,302 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carspach (French pronunciation: [kaʁspak] ⓘ; German: Karspach) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,558—    
1975 1,500−0.54%
1982 1,448−0.50%
1990 1,399−0.43%
1999 1,620+1.64%
2007 1,816+1.44%
2012 2,045+2.40%
2017 2,044−0.01%
Source: INSEE[3]

Etymology

Carspach has historically been attested as Charoltespach in 877 and Karolspach in 1266. The toponym Carspach is of Germanic origin, deriving from the anthroponym Charoald. The Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via High German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -bach and Romantic -bais.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Caljouw, William Robert (1981). "Germanic elements in French Toponymy". University of British Columbia. pp. 148–149. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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