Seppois-le-Haut (; german: Obersept; gsw-FR, Owersept) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...
department and, since January 1, 2021, in the territory of the European Community of
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
, in the
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...
region.
Geography
The village is located in the extreme southwest of Sundgau. It is at the confluence of the Largue, which crosses it, and the Grumbach. It is more or less equidistant from
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...
to the north,
Belfort
Belfort (; archaic german: Beffert/Beffort) is a city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Northeastern France, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg, approximately from the France–Switzerland border. It is the prefecture of the Terri ...
to the east. It borders the neighboring village of Seppois-le-Bas.
History
Seppois-le-Bas was hard hit during the conflicts of the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. The commune was decorated on November 2, 1921 with the Croix de Guerre 1914-1918.
Economy
Despite its location near the “automotive of the future” competitiveness cluster (Mulhouse, Belfort, Sochaux-Montbéliard) and the Basel site in full economic expansion, the village remains largely rural.
Demography
In 2019, the town had 507 inhabitants, an increase of 4.75% compared to 2013 (Haut-Rhin: +1.1%, France excluding Mayotte: +2.17%).
Places and monuments
The Sainte-Croix chapel, erected in the middle of the village. Mentioned for the first time in 1620, it is certainly older because it has a choir in Gothic architecture with a semicircular vault; converted into a socio-cultural center, exhibitions and conferences are held there regularly;
The Saint-Hubert church, destroyed during the First World War and rebuilt in 1928. It replaced the first church of 1859; you can see remarkable sculptures and paintings (stations of the cross, communion bench, high altar, paintings representing Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch) and its organ by Frédéric Haerpfer; beautiful fountains, spread over the main axis;
Memorials:
The monument to the shots of Ballersdorf;
The felled Kreuzengarten lime tree, located in the garden of the old Sainte-Croix chapel, was several hundred years old.
See also
*
Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haut-Rhin
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