Étueffont (French pronunciation: ​[etyfɔ̃]; German: Staufen) is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France.

Étueffont
Commune
Forge Museum
Coat of arms
Location of Étueffont
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Coordinates: 47°43′11″N 6°55′21″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement	Belfort
Canton	Giromagny
Intercommunality	Vosges du Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Fessler[1]
Area 1	12.53 km2 (4.84 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,430
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	90041 /90170
Elevation	399–915 m (1,309–3,002 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The separate villages of Étueffont-Bas (founded in the 16th century, with 28 families in 1760) and Étueffont-Haut (founded in the 12th century, with 38 families in 1760) were merged into the current commune on 12 June 1973.

Geography

The town sits at the foot of the Vosges mountains on the banks of the river Madeleine, in the Regional Natural Park Les Ballons des Vosges.

Sights

In the village center an 18th-century smithy houses a Forge Museum[3] that commemorates four generations of blacksmiths working in the village from 1843 to 1977.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Étueffont.

• Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department

References

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