Dambach-la-Ville

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Dambach-la-Ville Dàmbàch
Commune
Panorama of Dambach-la-Ville, seen towards southeast and the plain
Coat of arms
Location of Dambach-la-Ville
(2020–2026)		Claude Hauller^[1]
Area ¹	28.83 km² (11.13 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,207
• Density	77/km² (200/sq mi)
Demonym	Dambachois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67084 /67650
Elevation	164–662 m (538–2,172 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dambach-la-Ville (German: Dambach) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.^[3]

It lies northwest of Sélestat, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.

Dambach-la-Ville is known for its quality wines.

History

The village was first recorded in 1125 as Tambacum. In the thirteenth century, the Bishop of Strasbourg, Berthold I of Teck [de], made Dambach annex two local villages, Altenwiller and Oberkirch. The Chapelle of Saint-Sébastien [fr] is located in what used to be Oberkirch.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,051	—
1975	2,039	−0.08%
1982	1,907	−0.95%
1990	1,800	−0.72%
1999	1,973	+1.02%
2007	1,924	−0.31%
2012	2,016	+0.94%
2017	2,201	+1.77%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Twin towns

Dambach-la-Ville is twinned with:

Wemding, Germany - 1988

Wine

Dambach-la-Ville is the largest wine-producing village in Alsace. Its vineyards produce one of the finest Alsacian wines: the Grand Cru Frankstein [fr].

Notable residents

Gédéon Geismar

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Hervé de Chalendar, article Villages disparus (6): Dambach, the city that absorbed its neighbors,newspaper L'Alsace,2012.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE