Sundgau
Sign in to save{| class="wikitable" align="right" |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#6cf;"| Sundgau |- | Land Area || 663 km2 |- | Population || 61 841 inhabitants (1999) |- | Capital || Altkirch |- | Cantons || 4 |- | Communes || 112 |} Sundgau ( or ; ) is a geographical territory in the southern Alsace region (Haut Rhin and Belfort), on the eastern edge of France. The name is derived from Alemannic German Sunt-gowe ("South shire"), denoting an Alemannic county in the Old High German period. The principal city and historical capital is Altkirch.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Landgraviate of Sundgau
- Country.common_name
- Sundgau
- Country.era
- Middle Ages
- Country.status
- Vassal
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.government_type
- Principality
- Country.year_start
- 750s
- Country.year_end
- 1648
- Country.event_pre
- Alsace partitioned in twain
- Country.date_pre
- 750s
- Country.event_start
- Landgraviate established
- Country.event1
- To Habsburgs
- Country.date_event1
- 1135
- Country.event_end
- Sold to France
- Country.p1
- Duchy of Alsace
- Country.image_p1
- 20px|Duchy of Alsace
- Country.s1
- Early modern France
- Country.flag_s1
- Royal Standard of the King of France.svg
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