Morschwiller-le-Bas

Commune in Grand Est, France

Morschwiller-le-Bas Niedermorschwiller
Commune
The town hall in Morschwiller-le-Bas
Coat of arms
Location of Morschwiller-le-Bas
(2020–2026)		Josiane Mehlen^[1]
Area ¹	7.55 km² (2.92 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,642
• Density	480/km² (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68218 /68790
Elevation	248–311 m (814–1,020 ft) (avg. 265 m or 869 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Morschwiller-le-Bas ([mɔʁʃvilɛʁ lə ba]; German: Niedermorschweiler) is a commune located in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace in north-eastern France. It is a part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, which serves as the inter-communal local government entity for the Mulhouse conurbation.^[3]

Notably, Composer and organist Julien Koszul (1844–1927), who was the grandfather of both mathematician Jean-Louis Koszul and composer Henri Dutilleux, was born in Morschwiller-le-Bas.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,920	—
1975	2,122	+1.44%
1982	2,206	+0.56%
1990	2,445	+1.29%
1999	2,606	+0.71%
2007	3,126	+2.30%
2012	3,527	+2.44%
2017	3,766	+1.32%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE