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Berrwiller (French pronunciation: [bɛʁvilɛʁ] (listen); dialectal name: Barwillr; German: Berrweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.[3] It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[4] Its inhabitants are called the Berrwillerois and Berrwilleroises.

Berrwiller
Commune
A general view of Berrwiller
Coat of arms
Location of Berrwiller
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Coordinates: 47°51′01″N 7°13′12″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Wittenheim
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabian Jordan[1]
Area 1	7.66 km2 (2.96 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,195
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68032 /68500
Elevation	244–360 m (801–1,181 ft) (avg. 255 m or 837 ft)
Website	www.berrwiller.1s.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Berrwiller is located at the foot of Hartmannswillerkopf (“Old Armand”) and is composed of the parts “Owerdorf”, “Unterdorf”, “Leimgrüab”, “Bertschwiller” and “Weckenthal”. In the southeast part of the village are Route nationale#Routes nationales 76 to 100 and in the northwest is the Alsace wine.

History

• 796: The first mention of Berrwiller is in the files of Murbach, then under the name of Baronewillare.
• 1441: The document liber marcarum teaches us that there are, in Berrwiller, priest and one vicar and that the church is dedicated to Saint Brigit of Kildare
• 1697: The armorial bearings of Berrwiller (3 mountains of sinople surmounted by a S-shaped hook) appear for the first time in the armorial of the General information of Alsace.
• 1766: Construction of the current church to replace the old church out of wood.
• 1853: Construction of the current cemetery.
• 1865: Creation of the very first body of the firemen of Berrwiller
• 1885: Construction of the communal Lavoir; there remains nothing any more but the basin.
• 1907: First phone line in the village
• 1912: The electrification of the first streets and houses
• 1914: Evacuation of the village in December, because it was located on the front line in World War I.
• 1918: Return of population, a third destroyed and 21 soldiers of the village dead.
• 1945: Release of the village on February 4.
• 1953: Installation of mains drainage and running water
• 1960: Construction of the underground mine in Berrwiller of MDPA
• 1976: A serious accident underground in the mine when 5 minors fell.
• 30 June 2007: A motorist deliberately drives their car into members of the public during a village fête, resulting in one fatality and seventeen injured (including two in critical condition).

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	719	—
1975	797	+1.48%
1982	870	+1.26%
1990	912	+0.59%
1999	1,058	+1.66%
2007	1,113	+0.64%
2012	1,174	+1.07%
2017	1,192	+0.30%
Source: INSEE[5]

Sites and monuments

Berrwiller has had a church going back to 1766, a house of the 16th century, a presbytery of 1804 and one school of 1860.

Personalities related to the commune

Dr. Colonel Baur was a native of Berrwiller whose name was given to the area's military hospital. Colmar Lucien Herr Directeur was a librarian from the national library in Paris.

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department Internet site of the commune of Berrwiller

References

External links

• Berrwiller on the site of the national geographical Institute Internet site of the commune of Berrwiller

На других языках

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[de] Berrwiller

Berrwiller (deutsch Berrweiler) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 1195 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Haut-Rhin in der Region Grand Est (bis 2015 Elsass). Sie gehört zum Kanton Wittenheim.

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- [en] Berrwiller

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[ru] Бервиллер

Бервиллер (фр. Berrwiller) — коммуна на северо-востоке Франции в регионе Гранд-Эст[1] (бывший Эльзас — Шампань — Арденны — Лотарингия), департамент Верхний Рейн, округ Мюлуз, кантон Виттенайм[2]. До марта 2015 года коммуна административно входила в состав упразднённого кантона Сульц-О-Рен (округ Гебвиллер).

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