Labaroche

Not to be confused with La Baroche.

Labaroche (French pronunciation: [labaʁɔʃ] ^ⓘ; German: Zell) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Labaroche
Commune
A general view of Labaroche
Coat of arms
Location of Labaroche
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Coordinates: 48°06′38″N 7°11′38″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Intercommunality	Vallée de Kaysersberg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Ruffio[1]
Area 1	13.44 km2 (5.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,174
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68173 /68910
Elevation	420–980 m (1,380–3,220 ft) (avg. 750 m or 2,460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located in the Vosges mountains at an average altitude of 750 m. There is a post-office, a bank, several hotels, a little super-market, a salon de thé, 2 boulangeries, and a museum, Le Musée des métiers du bois. To the south of the village, on top of a mountain called Petit Hohnack, stands the ruin of a medieval castle.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,157	—
1975	1,204	+0.57%
1982	1,483	+3.02%
1990	1,676	+1.54%
1999	1,985	+1.90%
2007	2,202	+1.31%
2012	2,244	+0.38%
2017	2,165	−0.71%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin département