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Volume 11 · 58 words · 1842 Edition

a town of the arrondissement of Altkirch, in the department of the Upper Rhine, in France. It is on the Rhine, and was strongly fortified till 1815; and being within two miles of the Swiss frontier, was deemed of military importance, as commanding the river. It contains about 1600 inhabitants. Long. 7° 30'. E. Lat. 47° 42'. N.