Wisembach

Wisembach
Wisembach
Commune
	The church and surroundings in Wisembach
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wisembach
	Wisembach Wisembach
	Coordinates: 48°15′29″N 7°06′25″E / 48.2581°N 7.1069°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2
Intercommunality	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rachel Voinson
Area 1	11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population (2022)	428
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	88526 /88520
Elevation	420–982 m (1,378–3,222 ft) ; (avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wisembach is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Etymology

The toponym Wisembach is of Germanic origin, deriving from High German wisa (cognate to modern German Wiese), denoting meadow. The Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via High German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -bach and Romantic -bais.^[3]