Labaroche

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Labaroche

(2020–2026) Bernard Ruffio^[1]Area

13.44 km² (5.19 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,116 • Density160/km² (410/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68173 /68910

Elevation420–980 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.

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

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]

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