Merkwiller-Pechelbronn

Merkwiller-Pechelbronn is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.

The common one belongs to the Regional natural park of the Vosges of North.

Geography

History

Pechelbronn is one of the first layers of Pétrole in the world with being exploited, as of 1740 and this until in 1970. The commune of Merkwiller was born in 1888 from that from Kutzenhausen. Its current name of Merkwiller-Pechelbronn is officialized in 1922.

Administration

Demography

provisional population for 2005: 859

Places and monuments

the museum of oil

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Low-Rhine

External bonds

Banner page of the commune of Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn on the site of the national geographical Institute
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn on the site of INSEE
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn on the site of Quid
Localization of Merkwiller-Pechelbronn on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Merkwiller-Pechelbronn on Mapquest

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