Chavannes-sur-l'Étang

Chavannes -sur- l'Étang ( German Schaffnatt the pond ) is a municipality with 645 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the canton Dannemarie in the department of Haut-Rhin in Alsace region of France. She is a member of the Communauté de communes de la Porte d' Alsace ( CCPA ).

Geography

The village is in the Burgundian gate at the Rhine- Rhone canal between Altkirch and Belfort. In the west and north borders the municipality of Chavannes to the region of Franche -Comté.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1458 under the name Small Chaffnat. The church was built in 1772. On June 29, 1815 there made ​​Lecourbe station the troops of the French General Claude- Jacques.

Demographics

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