Place:Belmont, Bas-Rhin, France

source: Family History Library Catalog

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Belmont is a French inhabited place in the Bas-Rhin department and the Alsace region. In 1974 it merged with Bellefosse and Waldersbbach, then in 1975 with Fouday to form the town of Le Ban-de-la-Roche. Belmont was reestablisned in 1992. Belmont is located at the bottom of the Champ du Feu mountain, the highest point in the Bas-Rhin(1099 m), on a plateau overlooking the Chergoutte river, a tributary of the Bruche.

Demographics

1962= 156

1968= 158

1975= 134

1982= 125

1990= 137

1999= 147

unofficial 2004 population : 156

Sights and Monuments

Protestant church, the result of the renovation, in 1755 abd 1762, of a primitive gothic chapel.

Fragments of gothic stained glass windows.

Painting of crowned Christ (early 16th Century)

External Links (in French)

• Belmont on the site of the Institut géographique national (in French)
• Belmont on the Insee site (in French)
• Belmont on the Quid site (in French)
• Location of Belmont on a map of France and outer towns
• Map of Belmont on Mapquest

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