Villé
Villé
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Chief town of the valley cities, the town of about 1800 inhabitants is a preferred destination of central Alsace. Located near major tourist attractions of Alsace (15 km from the Wine Route, 19 km from the Haut-Koenigsbourg), you will love 100% natural part of this valley and its chief town.
The city name is derived from "Villar", which means a rural area in the Frankish period. His name will evolve in various forms over the centuries: "Wilre", "Wihr", "Villiers", "Weiler" ... Alsatian dialect, the town is called "Will".
Historically, the geographical location of town has made to the junction of the front-valley, large and airy, and the two valleys that lead to upper neck Steige (to the Upper Valley Bruche) and Urbeis (basinward Die St), between two rivers (the Steige of Giessen and that of Urbeis). The town, once fortified, so controlled crossings between the plain of Alsace and Lorraine.
Located at the crossroads of the ancient Salt Road and Railway St Die, the town and control access to their upper valleys and mountain passes. This strategic location has undoubtedly conferred Villé an important role since the Middle Ages.
Despite a small population, City has always held the role of town industrial, commercial and administrative Valley. The industrialization of the 19th century Villé begins with the construction of two textile mills.
The town is also a market place since the Middle Ages, and has since retained its commercial role.
Much of the administration is also located in Ville (post office, collecting center, police, emergency center ...).
Town is also the role of the vital center of the valley in the area of leisure facilities: a marina, tennis courts, a football field, a JC, camping, a skate park, playgrounds, a fishing pond, fitness center, a library ... All this without counting the equipment available in other towns in the valley.
Longer confined within its medieval walls, the town of City has released as soon as he could, his medieval chrysalis. Of ancient architecture, we find only a few traces to city but are worth being seen: the sandstone oriel two floors, lintels and door frames, porches and a few old houses ...
City has some interesting monuments: the Baroque church Notre-Dame, a masterpiece of 18th century bourgeois adjoining the cemetery, the Protestant presbytery and the synagogue, and other small monuments, traces of the past of the town.
Anecdote to finish presenting the common: each of the 18 municipalities in the Valley City has a nickname for its inhabitants. Those cities are called "Plattaschlacker" lickers dishes. It is not known if the nickname is due to their greed, or poverty of their diet, which condemned them to lick the bottoms of bowls.
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 | Gîte alsacien Neuve-Église |  | | House for 6/7 persons, adjacent to the owners, located on the end of the village (600 people), near the mountain and the forest, halfway between Strasbourg and Colmar, near the Vosges... | | Located 640 m from Villé | From 240 € to 440 € per week |
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 | Gite au Cadran Solaire Triembach-au-Val |  | | Very nice lodging holiday, located on the floor of an old farm vineyard of 18 ° S. (1727), renovated with taste and spirit of the time. Located in a mountain village in the Val de Villé... | | Located 1.7 km from Villé | 330 € per week |
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 | Votre gîte Breitenau |  | | Lodging independent to the floor of the house, fenced yard, quiet village in a beautiful valley Vosges at 370 m altitude, located in central Alsace, capacity 2 to 6 people, 30 km from... | | Located 2.1 km from Villé | From 270 € to 350 € per week |
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 | Pension l'Instant Le Hohwald |  | | Between the wine route and the Vosges Mountains, Pension L’Instant is in the heart of Alsace. In a traditional old-stone house, it offers rooms with views of the Alsatian countryside.... | | Located 6.1 km from Villé | Room from 17 € |
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