What is Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 016.JPG |caption = Church of Saint Louis |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Haut-Rhin).svg |arrondissement = Colmar-Ribeauvillé |canton = Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines |intercommunality = CC du Val d'Argent |INSEE = 68298 |postal code = 68160 |mayor = Claude Abel |term = 2014&ndash;2020 |coordinates = {{coord|48.25|7.18|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 375 |elevation min m = 326 |elevation max m = 1210 |area km2 = 45.23 |population = 5129 |population date = 2014 }} [[Image:Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 110.JPG|thumb|250px|Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines]] '''Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is found in the [[Haut-Rhin]] [[Departments of France|department]] of eastern [[France]]. In 2015, 5,136 people lived there. == Geography == Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is in the massif of the [[Vosges Mountains]]. The valley of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is called the Val d'Argent. It has five municipalities: [[Aubure]], [[Lièpvre]], [[Rombach-le-Franc]], and [[Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines]]. == Localities == Adelspach, Altenberg, Bourgonde, Brifosse, Clésio, la Côte d'Échéry, Échéry, Faunoux, Fenarupt, Fertrupt (Fordelbach), Haut de Faîte, la Haute Broque, le Haycot, Hergauchamps, Mongoutte, la Petite Lièpvre (Kleinleberau), le Petit Haut, le Rauenthal (le Fond-nu), Saint-Philippe, Saint-Pierre sur l'Hâte, Surlattes (Zillhardt). == History == [[Eddie Slovik]], the only U.S. soldier of either [[World War I]] or [[World War II]] to be executed for [[desertion]], suffered the fate by [[firing squad]] near the town on 31 January 1945.<ref>[http://www.commandposts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Eddie-Slovik-25-654x835.jpg Report of Execution by Shooting p. 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018