Grandfontaine, Bas-Rhin
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 48°29′36″N 7°09′42″E / 48.4933°N 7.1617°ECoordinates: 48°29′36″N 7°09′42″E / 48.4933°N 7.1617°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Molsheim | |
| Canton | Mutzig | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Philippe Remy | |
| Area1 | 39.52 km2 (15.26 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 390 | |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67165 /67130 | |
| Elevation | 390–1,008 m (1,280–3,307 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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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.
Grandfontaine (German: Michelbrunn) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. In the German dialect of the region it is called Grosbrun.
For many centuries the names Grandfontaine and Framont were used interchangeably. The name Grandfontaine and its Alsatian equivalent, Grosbrun, both describe an abundant water spring. The name Framont comes from the name of the mountain that overlooks the village, derived from the latinate name Ferratus mons (Iron-rich mountain) recorded in 1261. Today the name Framont is used only for a small site at the bottom of the valley where metal based industries grew up.
The village is positioned in the south of the Bas-Rhin département and on the departmental boundary with the Moselle département. 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Molsheim, Grandfontaine stretches out beside several mountain streams which feed into the at Schirmeck 5 kilometres (3 mi) to the east. This is a mountain village, with most of the buildings at between 400 and 700 meters above sea level, and the rest of the territory being occupied almost entirely by the forest. Surrounding peaks include the Donon (1008m), the Tête des Blanches Roches (916 m), the Corbeille (899 m), the Maxe (863 m), the Rond Perthuis (849m), the Tête Mathis (838 m) and the Haut de la Charaille (758 m).
Following the boundary changes of 1872 (see below) whereby the land imputed to Alsatian Grandfontaine was expanded to include forests which, formerly, had been part of Lorraine, two rivers that flow through Lorraine, the and the White Sarre, both have their source in the commune.
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