Carspach

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Carspach

(2020–2026) Rémi Spillmann^[1]Area

17.17 km² (6.63 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,083 • Density120/km² (310/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68062 /68130

Elevation283–397 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.

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

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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Caljouw, William Robert (1981). "Germanic elements in French Toponymy". University of British Columbia. pp. 148–149. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2021-01-12.