Haegen is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...

 department in Alsace

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 in north-eastern France

France

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Geography

Haegen is a mountain village located on the western frontier of Alsace

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 which at this point coincides with the western frontier of the Alemanish dialect

Alemannic German

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 area. Across the Vosges Mountains

Vosges mountains

For the department of France of the same name, see Vosges.The Vosges are a range of low mountains in eastern France, near its border with Germany. They extend along the west side of the Rhine valley in a northnortheast direction, mainly from Belfort to Saverne...

 to the west of the commune is Lorraine

Lorraine (région)

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On the Alsace side, neighbouring communes are Saverne

Saverne

Saverne is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km N.W...

 and Gottenhouse

Gottenhouse

Gottenhouse is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The current name dates from February 21, 1948. The previous name was Gottenhausen.-Geography:...

 to the north-east, and Thal-Marmoutier

Thal-Marmoutier

Thal-Marmoutier is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 and Reinhardsmunster

Reinhardsmunster

Reinhardsmunster is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 to the south-east.

Landmarks

The commune contains the ruined remains of a twelfth century castle, one of the earliest surviving castles in the North Vosges region, and of a fourteenth century smaller fortress. These are known as the Château du Grand-Geroldseck and the Château du Petit-Geroldseck.