Wettolsheim

Wettolsheim (French pronunciation: [vɛtɔlsaim] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Wettolsheim
Commune
The road into Wettolsheim
Coat of arms
Location of Wettolsheim
Wettolsheim Show map of France Wettolsheim Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°03′28″N 7°18′00″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Wintzenheim
Intercommunality	Colmar Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Lucien Muller[1]
Area 1	8.86 km2 (3.42 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,771
• Density	200/km2 (518/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68365 /68920
Elevation	188–688 m (617–2,257 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 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 situated at the eastern margin of the southern Vosges Mountains. The commune is part of the Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges.

Places of interest

Grotte de Lourdes grandeur réelle

Grotte de Lourdes grandeur réelle: In 1912, after the destruction of the house of his birth by a fire, archbishop François-Xavier Schoepfer (1843–1927), bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes from 1899 until 1927, decided to let build an exact copy of the grotto Massabielle in Lourdes at the same place where the house stood. The statue of the Virgin Mary was placed on a stone coming from the site where St. Bernadette Soubirous first saw the Immaculate Conception in 1858. The cavern in the heart of the village is still hosts many religious ceremonies.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,301	—
1975	1,558	+2.61%
1982	1,554	−0.04%
1990	1,616	+0.49%
1999	1,692	+0.51%
2007	1,701	+0.07%
2012	1,682	−0.22%
2017	1,733	+0.60%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department