Chalampé Explained

Chalampé
Native Name:Chalampé / Eichwald (arch.)
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Chalampé (68).svg
Arrondissement:Mulhouse
Canton:Rixheim
Insee:68064
Postal Code:68490
Mayor:Hugues Hartmann[1]
Term:2022 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Coordinates:47.82°N 7.54°W
Elevation M:215
Elevation Min M:211
Elevation Max M:217
Area Km2:4.77
Dialling Code:0389

Chalampé (in French pronounced as /ʃalɑ̃pe/; German: Eichwald) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France, just across the river Rhine from Neuenburg, Germany.

The town was founded by soldiers of Marshal Dubourg who in 1709 had beaten the Austrians under Count Claude Florimond de Mercy in the War of the Spanish Succession. It is located in an area called Eichwald (oak forest) by the otherwise German-speaking population of the Alsace, and bears its French name since 1735. Before Johann Gottfried Tulla and others straightened the Rhine in the 19th century, the river had changed its course several times, moving the border. Thus, the village was sometimes considered to be part of Germany.

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  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022. fr.