Fréland
Commune in Grand Est, France
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Fréland (French pronunciation: [fʁelɑ̃] ⓘ; German: Urbach bei Kaysersberg) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Fréland | |
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The road into Fréland | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Fréland | |
  Fréland Location within France  Fréland Location within Grand Est | |
| Coordinates: 48°10′19″N 7°11′41″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé |
| Canton | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de Kaysersberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Barlier[1] |
Area 1 | 19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,288 |
| • Density | 65.25/km2 (169.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68097 /68240 |
| Elevation | 327–1,221 m (1,073–4,006 ft) (avg. 430 m or 1,410 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
During the German occupation in World War II, in August 1944, eleven Polish prisoners of war escaped from a nearby German prisoner-of-war camp with the help of the local populace.[3] The residents then provided shelter to the Poles for over three months until the settlement was liberated by the American army on December 6, 1944.[3]
