Harskirchen

Harskirchen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Harskirchen
Commune
The Catholic church and Mairie in Harskirchen
Coat of arms
Location of Harskirchen
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Coordinates: 48°56′01″N 7°02′21″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Ingwiller
Intercommunality	CC Alsace Bossue
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Marc Schmitt
Area ^1	14.42 km^2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	860
• Density	60/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67183 /67260
Elevation	213–277 m (699–909 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Location

Harskirchen lies in the valley of the River Saar in the extreme northwest of the cultural and historical region of Alsace. The Canal des houillères de la Sarre, which connects the Canal de la Marne au Rhin in Gondrexange to the canalized Sarre in Sarreguemines, passes through the commune, west of the village centre.

Churches

Like many communities in French Alsace and the German upper Rhineland, Harskirhen has both a Lutheran and a Catholic church. The Lutheran church dates from the eighteenth century and is decorated in the Baroque style, while the nineteenth-century Catholic church is distinguished by its neo-Gothic tower.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1946	771	—
1954	686	−11.0%
1962	721	+5.1%
1968	742	+2.9%
1975	811	+9.3%
1982	822	+1.4%
1990	871	+6.0%
1999	847	−2.8%
2006	842	−0.6%
2016	860	+2.1%

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.