Chalampé

Chalampé Chalampé / Eichwald (arch.)
Chalampé
Location within Alsace region  Chalampé
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Illzach
Intercommunality	Porte de France Rhin Sud
Mayor	Martine Laemlin-Delmotte (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	211–217 m (692–712 ft) (avg. 215 m/705 ft)
Land area1	4.77 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population2	906  (2006)
- Density	190 /km2 (490 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	68064/ 68490
Dialling code	0389
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.

Coordinates: 47°49′17″N 7°32′31″E / 47.8213888889°N 7.54194444444°E / 47.8213888889; 7.54194444444

Chalampé (German: Eichwald) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

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 considered part of Germany occasionally.

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

References

• INSEE