Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines

Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines

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Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines

Coordinates: 48°15′46″N 7°13′34″E / 48.2628°N 7.2261°E / 48.2628; 7.2261Coordinates: 48°15′46″N 7°13′34″E / 48.2628°N 7.2261°E / 48.2628; 7.2261
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Intercommunality Val d'Argent
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Agnès Henrichs
Area1 27.85 km2 (10.75 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,079
  Density 75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 68294 / 68160
Elevation 290–980 m (950–3,220 ft)
(avg. 316 m or 1,037 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.

Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (German: Sankt Kreuz im Lebertal) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé.[1]

Coal mines were operating in the village until 1849.

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