Hunspach | |
Native Name: | Hunschpàch |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Hunspach 67.svg |
Arrondissement: | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
Canton: | Wissembourg |
Insee: | 67213 |
Postal Code: | 67250 |
Mayor: | Bertrand Wahl[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 48.95°N 7.94°W |
Elevation Min M: | 138 |
Elevation Max M: | 207 |
Area Km2: | 5.49 |
Hunspach (in French pronounced as /unspax/ or in French pronounced as /unʃpax/) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[2] In 2020 it was voted the «Village préféré des Français» (France's favourite village).[3]
The commune lies a short distance to the south of Wissembourg within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Hunspach has retained much of its traditional architecture. The houses are white and in the Alsatian half timbered style. Open central yards offer glimpses of the working farms within.