Carspach

Carspach (French pronunciation: [kaʁspak] ^ⓘ; German: Karspach) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

Carspach
Commune
The town hall in Carspach
Coat of arms
Location of Carspach
Carspach Show map of France Carspach Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 47°36′58″N 7°12′46″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Altkirch
Canton	Altkirch
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémi Spillmann[1]
Area 1	17.17 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,085
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68062 /68130
Elevation	283–397 m (928–1,302 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,558	—
1975	1,500	−0.54%
1982	1,448	−0.50%
1990	1,399	−0.43%
1999	1,620	+1.64%
2007	1,816	+1.44%
2012	2,045	+2.40%
2017	2,044	−0.01%
Source: INSEE[3]

Etymology

Carspach has historically been attested as Charoltespach in 877 and Karolspach in 1266. The toponym Carspach is of Germanic origin, deriving from the anthroponym Charoald. The Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via High German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -bach and Romantic -bais.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department