Mussig
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 Mussig
Location within Grand Est region
Mussig
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| Coordinates: 48°13′46″N 7°31′15″E / 48.2294°N 7.5208°ECoordinates: 48°13′46″N 7°31′15″E / 48.2294°N 7.5208°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
| Canton | Sélestat | |
| Intercommunality | Sélestat | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Claude Hilbert | |
| Area1 | 11.73 km2 (4.53 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,131 | |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67310 /67600 | |
| Elevation | 167–174 m (548–571 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.
Mussig is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Successive known names carried by the village were: Moussich, Mosich (1370) and Musich (1453) before becoming Musselburgh. The etymological origin is probably to be found in the existence of wetlands and swamps are conducive to the formation of foam. Until the last century was practiced widely growing flax and hemp, woven at home or delivered to the weavers in the valley of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, this is still in the early twentieth century.
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