Richwiller

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Richwiller

(2020–2026) Vincent Hagenbach^[1]Area

5.55 km² (2.14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,704 • Density670/km² (1,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68270 /68120

Elevation239–259 m (784–850 ft)
(avg. 247 m or 810 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Richwiller (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃvilɛʁ] ^ⓘ; German: Reichweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,352	—
1975	2,655	+1.75%
1982	2,938	+1.46%
1990	3,150	+0.87%
1999	3,325	+0.60%
2007	3,374	+0.18%
2012	3,516	+0.83%
2017	3,689	+0.97%
Source: INSEE^[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.
^ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE