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Masevaux (; ; gsw-FR, Màsmìnschter) is a former
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
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 the ...
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in north-eastern France.


Demographic evolution


History

On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Masevaux-Niederbruck.Arrêté
22 December 2015


Famous Residents

The organist and composer
Jacques-Louis Battmann Jacques-Louis Battmann (25 August 1818 – 7 July 1886) was a 19th-century French organist and composer. Life Born in Masevaux, Battmann was around 1840 organist in Belfort, later in Vesoul and Dijon, where he also died. He published a total ...
(1818–1886) was born in Masevaux.


See also

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Communes of the Haut-Rhin département 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):Former communes of Haut-Rhin {{HautRhin-geo-stub