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Falkwiller

German: Falkweiler

Population:

1790: 195
1851: 290
1905: 221
1936: 170
1990: 174

Religious composition in 1851:

Catholic: 96%
Lutheran: 3%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 16 rue Principale, 68210 Falkwiller
Bibliography:
Web resources:
Falkwiller information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/altkirch/dannemarie/falkwiller/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Faverois

German: Faverach
Variants: Faveroy, Faucroix

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Delle

Population:

1790: 404
1851: 516
1906: 349
1936: 274
1990: 427

Religious composition in 1804:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue de Suarce, 90100 Faverois
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
Web resources:
The parish records of Faverois have been abstracted and made available on the internet by a group of amateur researchers who formed the Plateforme pour la lecture et l'informatisation des sources archivistiques:
http://lisa90.org/commun/FAV_hist.htm

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Fêche-l'Église

German: Dorf ze Witz
Variant: Fesche

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Beaucourt

Population:

1790: 174
1851: 396
1906: 417
1936: 285
1990: 764

Religious composition in 1804:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 16 Grande Rue, 90100 Fêche-l'Église
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex

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Fegersheim

Population:

1791: 1,040
1851: 1,803
1905: 1,764
1936: 1,936
1990: 3,953

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 78%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish: 21%

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 50 rue de Lyon, 67640 Fegersheim
Bibliography:
Fegersheim, Ohnheim (Strasbourg: Éditions Coprur, 1982)

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Feldbach

Population:

1789: 317
1851: 377
1905: 253
1936: 274
1990: 374

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 98%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist: 1%
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 68640 Feldbach
Bibliography:
Web resources:
Feldbach information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/altkirch/hirsingue/feldbach/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Feldkirch

Population:

1790: 273
1851: 445
1905: 406
1936: 533
1990: 835

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 55 rue Principale, 68540 Feldkirch
Bibliography:
Canton de Soultz-Haut-Rhin, by Marie-Philippe Scheurer (Le Verger, 1991), ISBN 2908367258
Web resources:
Feldkirch information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/guebwiller/soultz_haut_rhin/feldkirch/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Fellering

German: Felleringen

Variants: Velleringen, Welleringen

Population:

1806: 1,421
1851: 1,841
1905: 1,634
1936: 1,486
1990: 1,501

Religious composition in 1851:

Catholic: 98%
Lutheran: <1%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish: <1%

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 60 Grand'Rue, 68470 Fellering
Bibliography:
- Krüth und das obere Thurtal, by Aimé Behra (Mulhouse: Alsatia, 1937)
- La haute vallée de la Thur (Ingersheim: SAEP, 1981)
- The Cercle Cartophile de Thann et de la Vallée de la Thur published two volumes of postcard views of this valley (1990, 1992), called La vallée de la Thur à la belle époque de la carte postale.
Web resources:
- Fellering information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/saint_amarin/fellering/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Felon

German: Fullon

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Rougemont-le-Château

Population:

1806: 306
1851: 247
1906: 146
1936: 113
1990: 204

Religious composition in 1804:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 90110 Felon
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex

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Ferrette

Latin: Ferrata, Ferreta, Ferretae, Ferretum, Pfyreta, Pfirretum, Phiretum, Pferretae
German: Pfirt

Population:

1789: 643
1851: 733
1905: 511
1936: 421
1990: 863

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 38 rue du Château, 68480 Ferrette
Bibliography:
- Le canton de Ferrette, by Geneviève Grimler (Joué-lès-Tours: A. Sutton, 1999), ISBN 2842534158, in the series Mémoire en images
- Le comté de Ferrette: esquisses historiques, by Ch. Goutzwiller (Altkirch, 1868)
Web resources:
- Ferrette information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/altkirch/ferrette/ferrette/page1/index.fr.vhtml
- http://www.tourisme.fr/cgi-bin/aurweb/FNOTSI/rech.txt?ville=ferrette&aur_offset_rec=1

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Fessenheim

Population:

1790: 650
1851: 994
1905: 670
1936: 671
1990: 2,000

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 35 rue de la Libération, 68740 Fessenheim
Bibliography:
Web resources:
Fessenheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/guebwiller/ensisheim/fessenheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Fessenheim-le-Bas

German: Fessenheim [Unter Elsaß]

Population:

1791: 294
1851: 397
1905: 299
1936: 279
1990: 255

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 5 rue de l'Église, 67117 Fessenheim-le-Bas
Bibliography:

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Fislis

Population:

1789: 441
1851: 404
1905: 323
1936: 323
1990: 380

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 63 rue de l'Église, 68480 Fislis
Bibliography:
Le canton de Ferrette, by Geneviève Grimler (Joué-lès-Tours: A. Sutton, 1999), ISBN 2842534158, in the series Mémoire en images
Web resources:
Fislis information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/altkirch/ferrette/fislis/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Flaxlanden

German: Flachslanden

Population:

1789: 431
1851: 691
1905: 657
1936: 573
1990: 1,101

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 5 rue de Bruebach, 68720 Flaxlanden
Bibliography:
Web resources:
Flaxlanden information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/mulhouse_sud/flaxlanden/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Flexbourg

German: Flexburg

Population:

1791: 432
1851: 611
1905: 474
1936: 317
1990: 373

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 45 rue Principale, 67310 Flexbourg
Bibliography:

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Florimont

German: Blumenberg

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Delle

Population:

1790: 335
1851: 527
1906: 347
1936: 239
1990: 388

Religious composition in 1804:

Catholic: 77%
Lutheran:
Calvinist: <1%
Anabaptist: 22%
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 3 rue Principale, 90100 Florimont
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
Web resources:
The parish records of Florimont have been abstracted and made available on the internet by a group of amateur researchers who formed the Plateforme pour la lecture et l'informatisation des sources archivistiques:
http://lisa90.org/commun/FLO_hist.htm

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Folgensbourg

German: Volkensberg

Population:

1789: 471
1851: 686
1905: 522
1936: 481
1990: 581

Religious composition in 1851:

Catholic: 99%
Lutheran: <1%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, rue de Ferrette, 68220 Folgensbourg
Bibliography:
Web resources:
Folgensbourg information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/huningue/folgensbourg/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Fontaine

German: Brunn

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Fontaine

Population:

1790: 248
1851: 331
1906: 296
1936: 298
1990: 435

Religious composition in 1804:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 1 place de Turenne, 90150 Fontaine
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex

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Fontenelle

The communities of Fontenelle and Chèvremont were merged at the beginning of 1973 to form Chèvremont-Fontenelle, but were separated at the end of 1977.

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Danjoutin

Population:

1790: 60
1851: 90
1906: 75
1936: 65
1990: 118

Religious composition in 1804:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 6 rue Chenevières, 90340 Fontenelle
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex

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Forstfeld

Population:

1792: 267
1851: 522
1905: 503
1936: 436
1990: 566

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 16%
Lutheran: 83%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 3 rue Principale, 67480 Forstfeld
Bibliography:

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Forstheim

Population:

1792: 630
1851: 643
1905: 565
1936: 448
1990: 561

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue de la Mairie, 67580 Forstheim
Bibliography:
The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.

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Fort-Louis

Latin: Fortalitium Ludovici, Fortalitium Ludovicianum, Ludovici arx, Ludovici castr.

Population:

1792: 1,496
1851: 373
1905: 277
1936: 232
1990: 223

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 99%
Lutheran: <1%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue Saint-Louis, 67480 Fort-Louis
Bibliography:

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Fortschwihr

German: Fortschweier

Population:

1789: 210
1851: 383
1905: 283
1936: 254
1990: 732

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 13%
Lutheran: 86%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, Grand'Rue, 68320 Fortschwihr
Bibliography:
Le canton d'Andolsheim, by Claude Kauffmann (Joué-lès-Tours: A. Sutton, 1999), ISBN 2842534085, in the series Mémoire en images
Web resources:
Fortschwihr information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/colmar/andolsheim/fortschwihr/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Fouchy

German: Grube
Variant: Fouchi

Population:

1792: 600
1851: 965
1905: 694
1936: 630
1990: 509

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 114 rue de l'École, 67220 Fouchy
Bibliography:

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Fouday

The communities of Bellefosse, Belmont, Fouday and Waldersbach were merged in 1974 to form the community of Le Ban-de-la-Roche, and were subsequently re-established as independent communities.

German: Urbach
Variants: Breusch-Urbach, Foudai

Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Trouchy

Population:

1790: 183
1851: 351
1905: 196
1936: 250
1990: 277

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic:
Lutheran: 100%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 45 rue Principale, 67130 Fouday
Bibliography:
Web resources:
http://www.chez.com/valleebruche/Fouday/communes.htm

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Foussemagne

German: Fuchsmeng

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Fontaine

Population:

1790: 190
1851: 521
1906: 434
1936: 284
1990: 509

Religious composition in 1804:

Catholic: 56%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish: 44%

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 11 rue de l'Alsace, 90150 Foussemagne
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
Web resources:
http://www.foussemagne.com/

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Frais

German: Fress

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Fontaine

Population:

1790: 215
1851: 160
1906: 130
1936: 91
1990: 205

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue du Charron, 90150 Frais
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex

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Franken

Population:

1789: 337
1851: 452
1905: 277
1936: 249
1990: 252

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 68130 Franken
Bibliography:
Web resources:
Franken information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/altkirch/altkirch/franken/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Fréland

German: Urbach
Variant: Fresland

Population:

1790: 1,349
1851: 2,005
1905: 1,509
1936: 1,241
1990: 1,134

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 52 Grand'Rue, 68240 Fréland
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société d'Histoire du Canton de Lapoutroie Val d'Orbey publishes articles on the history of this area. For information write to:
Fondation Lefébure, 50 rue Charles de Gaulle, 68370 Orbey
Web resources:
Fréland information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/ribeauville/lapoutroie/freland/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Friedolsheim

Population:

1792: 221
1851: 306
1905: 262
1936: 281
1990: 192

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 67490 Friedolsheim
Bibliography:
Romain Bornert has abstracted the parish records of Friedolsheim, reconstituting family groups in the process. The results can be found on his web site: http://perso.club-internet.fr/rbornert/villages/friedolsheim/pageaccueil.htm

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Friesen

Variant: Friessen

Population:

1789: 474
1851: 688
1905: 548
1936: 456
1990: 585

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 23 rue Lepuix, 68580 Friesen
Bibliography:
Nos villages autrefois (l'Association de Retraités "Alliance Larga", 1991) includes information on Friesen. For more details contact Sheila Rider.
Web resources:
- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/maurice.gross/
- Friesen information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/altkirch/hirsingue/friesen/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Friesenheim

Population:

1792: 450
1851: 689
1905: 755
1936: 666
1990: 507

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 67860 Friesenheim
Bibliography:

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Froeningen

German: Fröningen

Population:

1789: 439
1851: 702
1905: 660
1936: 524
1990: 467

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 80%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist: 2%
Jewish: 16%

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 68720 Froeningen
Bibliography:
Froeningen, by Marc Glotz, Christian Sutter, André Munck and Antoine Winninger (Riedisheim: Société d'histoire du Sundgau, 1996), in the series Découvrir le Sundgau
Web resources:
Froeningen information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/altkirch/altkirch/froeningen/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Froeschwiller

German: Fröschweiler

Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Elsasshausen

Population:

1792: 489
1851: 625
1905: 472
1936: 454
1990: 515

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 24%
Lutheran: 70%
Calvinist: 1%
Anabaptist:
Jewish: 4%

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 15 rue Principale, 67360 Froeschwiller
Bibliography:
- Froeschwiller: toute une histoire (Strasbourg: Carré Blanc, 1999), ISBN 2844880118, in the series Mémoire de vies
- The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.

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Frohmuhl

German: Frohmühl

Population:

1792: 203
1851: 332
1905: 297
1936: 257
1990: 200

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 96%
Lutheran: <1%
Calvinist: 3%
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 7 rue Principale, 67290 Frohmuhl
Bibliography:
Web resources:
http://www.alsace-bossue.fr.st/vifrohm.htm

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Froidefontaine

German: Kaltenbrunnen
Variant: Froide-Fontaine

Département: Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement: Belfort
Canton: Grandvillars

Population:

1790: 266
1851: 374
1906: 392
1936: 370
1990: 437

Religious composition in 1804:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 17 rue Principale, 90140 Froidefontaine
Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex

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Fulleren

German: Füllern

Population:

1789: 400
1851: 479
1905: 377
1936: 288
1990: 290

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 100%
Lutheran:
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 3 rue de l'École, 68210 Fulleren
Bibliography:
- Fulleren, un village du Sundgau: histoire & mémoire, by Aloïs Zimmermann, 2e édition ([Bordeaux?: Société nouvelle des Imprimeries Delmas?], 1982)
- Nos villages autrefois (l'Association de Retraités "Alliance Larga", 1991) includes information on Fulleren. For more details contact Sheila Rider.
Web resources:
Fulleren information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/altkirch/hirsingue/fulleren/page1/index.fr.vhtml

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Furchhausen

Population:

1792: 206
1851: 302
1905: 329
1936: 262
1990: 350

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic: 6%
Lutheran: 93%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 28 rue Principale, 67700 Furchhausen
Bibliography:

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Furdenheim

German: Fürdenheim

Population:

1791: 354
1851: 637
1905: 640
1936: 658
1990: 747

Religious composition in 1807:

Catholic:
Lutheran: 100%
Calvinist:
Anabaptist:
Jewish:

Miscellaneous:

City Hall:
Mairie, 50 rue de la Mairie, 67117 Furdenheim
Bibliography:
Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church records for this community and integrated the information to create family cards. He is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam

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