Chalampé

Chalampé Chalampé / Eichwald (arch.)
Coat of arms
Chalampé
Location within Alsace region Chalampé
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Illzach
Intercommunality	Porte de France Rhin Sud
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Martine Laemlin-Delmotte
Area1	4.77 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	906
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	68064 / 68490
Dialling codes	0389
Elevation	211–217 m (692–712 ft) (avg. 215 m or 705 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chalampé (German: Eichwald) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France, just across the Rhein River from Neuenburg, Germany.

The town was founded by soldiers of 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.

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
• (French) Chalampé rugby club

References

• INSEE