Saint-Hippolyte
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Hippolyte
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,107
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Grand Est
- Department
- Haut-Rhin
- Arrondissement
- Colmar-Ribeauvillé
- Canton
- Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
- Intercommunality
- Pays de Ribeauvillé
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Claude Huber
- Area
- 17.86 km (6.90 sq mi)
- Density
- 51.9/km (134/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 68296 /68590
- Elevation
- 170–731 m (558–2,398 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Saint-Hippolyte
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Ribeauvillé
- Population
- +927
- Area
- +17.86
- Elevation
- +346
- Shares border with
- Guémar
- Official website
- www.saint-hippolyte-alsace.fr
- Image
- Saint-Hippolyte 039.JPG
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Article
Saint-Hippolyte ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ipɔlit] ; German: Sankt Pilt; Alsatian: Sàmpìlt) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is often said to be the birthplace of the 8th-century saint and abbot, Fulrad, who built a monastery there. Saint-Hippolyte is situated very close to the highly strategic castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg, and for many centuries the conflict centred on possession of the castle had a great influence, mostly destructive, on the history of the town.