Frohmuhl 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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The commune lies within the North Vosges regional natural park.

Geography

A typical valley village set in the pink Plateau Lorraine sandstone

Sandstone

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...

, Frohmuhl, like many villages in north-western Alsace, is cut in two by the railway line connecting Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

 and Sarreguemines

Sarreguemines

Sarreguemines is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is the seat of an arrondissement.-Geography:...

 and by the River Eichel. Road access is provided by the departmental road D919.

Agriculture was abandoned here during the second half of the twentieth and the surrounding hills are newly afforested. However, Highland Cattle

Highland cattle

Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun....

 are currently reared in residual open areas at the bottom of the valley.

Adjacent communes are Puberg

Puberg

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

 and Hinsbourg

Hinsbourg

Hinsbourg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Geography:Hinsbourg is positioned in the north of Alsace, some thirty kilometres through twisting mostly wooded roads to the north of Saverne, and within the Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve of the North...

 to the east, Struth

Struth

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

 and Tieffenbach

Tieffenbach

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

 to the south-west and Weislingen

Weislingen

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

to the north-west.