Leimbach | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Leimbach (68).svg |
Arrondissement: | Thann-Guebwiller |
Canton: | Cernay |
Insee: | 68180 |
Postal Code: | 68800 |
Mayor: | Philippe Ziegler[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 47.7936°N 7.1019°W |
Elevation M: | 350 |
Elevation Min M: | 326 |
Elevation Max M: | 663 |
Area Km2: | 3.57 |
Leimbach (in French pronounced as /laimbak/) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Leimbach was historically attested as Leymbach in 1223. The toponym Leimbach is of Germanic origin, cognate to modern German Lehm, denoting clay. The Germanic hydronym
entered the French language via High German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -bach and Romantic -bais.[2]