Labaroche should not be confused with La Baroche.
Labaroche | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Labaroche (68).svg |
Arrondissement: | Colmar-Ribeauvillé |
Canton: | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines |
Insee: | 68173 |
Postal Code: | 68910 |
Mayor: | Bernard Ruffio[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Vallée de Kaysersberg |
Coordinates: | 48.1106°N 7.1939°W |
Elevation M: | 750 |
Elevation Min M: | 420 |
Elevation Max M: | 980 |
Area Km2: | 13.44 |
Labaroche (in French pronounced as /labaʁɔʃ/;) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is located in the Vosges mountains at an average altitude of 750 m. There is a post-office, a bank, several hotels, a little super-market, a salon de thé, 2 boulangeries, and a museum, Le Musée des métiers du bois. To the south of the village, on top of a mountain called Petit Hohnack, stands the ruin of a medieval castle.