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Haegen overlooked by the Château du Grand-Geroldseck
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 48°42′53″N 7°20′23″E / 48.7147°N 7.3397°ECoordinates: 48°42′53″N 7°20′23″E / 48.7147°N 7.3397°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Saverne | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Pierre Oberle | |
| Area1 | 20.32 km2 (7.85 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 654 | |
| • Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67179 /67700 | |
| Elevation | 195–587 m (640–1,926 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Haegen (German: Hägen) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Haegen is a mountain village located on the western frontier of Alsace which at this point coincides with the of the Alemanish dialect area. Across the Vosges Mountains to the west of the commune is Lorraine.
On the Alsace side, neighbouring communes are Saverne and Gottenhouse to the north-east, and Thal-Marmoutier and Reinhardsmunster to the south-east.
The commune contains the ruined remains of a twelfth-century castle, one of the earliest surviving castles in the North Vosges region, and of a fourteenth-century smaller fortress. These are known as the and the .
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