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Montbronn
Montbronn (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Mumere'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of 2017, the village's population is 1,630. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Montbronnois'' or ''Montbronnoises''. Geography Location Located east of the Moselle department, the commune is part of the Pays de Bitche; It borders the neighboring Bas-Rhin department, a territory also known as ''Alsace bossue''.. The village is located south-west of Bitche, the county's chief town, south-east of Sarreguemines, the arrondissement's subprefecture, about east of Metz, the department's prefecture and about north-west of Strasbourg, the region's prefecture. Neighboring communes include Rahling to the west, Bining, Rohrbach-lès-Bitche and Enchenberg to the north, Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche and Meisenthal to the east, and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enchenberg
Enchenberg ( or ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Enschebärsch'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of the 2013 France census, the village's population is 1,272. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Enchenbergeois'' or ''Enchenbergeoises''. Geography Location Located east of the Moselle department, the village is part of the Pays de Bitche. It is located south-west of Bitche, the county's chief town, south-east of Sarreguemines, the arrondissement's subprefecture, about east of Metz, the department's prefecture and about north-west of Strasbourg, the region's prefecture. Neighboring communes include Bining and Rohrbach-lès-Bitche to the west, Petit-Réderching, Siersthal and Lambach to the north, Lemberg to the east, and Montbronn and Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche to the south. Neighbouring communes and village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté De Communes Du Pays De Bitche
The communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche ( French for "Land of Bitche community of communes", ) is a federation of municipalities (''communauté de communes''), located in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. Its seat is the town Bitche.CC du Pays de Bitche (N° SIREN : 200069441) BANATIC, accessed 7 April 2022. History The Pays de Bitche community of communes was established on December 15, 2009 by a prefectoral decree dating from December 2. It resulted from the merging of 3 of the 4 former communauté de communes : ''Bitche et en ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsace Bossue
The Alsace bossue (Alsatian dialect, Alemannic and Lorraine Franconian, Frankish: ''S'Gromme/S'Krumme Elsass'', German: ''das krumme Elsass/ Krummes Elsass''), is a territory of Bas-Rhin in Alsace, which includes the three former cantons of Sarre-Union, Drulingen and La Petite-Pierre (today all part of the canton of Ingwiller). Just like nearby parts of Lorraine, the Alsace bossue is linguistically predominantly located into the Rhine Franconian area. History The current borders of this territory date back from 1793, when the County of Saarwerden was annexed by the young French First Republic. Initially, the county of Saarwerden was meant to be fragmented and distributed between the departments of Moselle (department), Moselle, Meurthe Department, Meurthe and/or Bas-Rhin, but its inhabitants were against the fragmentation, and as such the project was afterwards cancelled. The county was then temporarily absorbed by the nearby districts of Moselle and Meurthe until a final decisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park
The Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord'') is a protected area of woodland, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the region Grand Est in northeastern France. The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1976. At its inauguration, the park covered a total area of , but it has since grown to . The rich natural landscape has been added to the UNESCO list of international biosphere reserves. Northern Vosges PNR does not include any of the Vosges Mountains but rather the foothills just north of them. No part of it lies in the department of Vosges but rather it spans two other departments, Bas-Rhin and Moselle. Gallery File:20070517-20 Vosges du Nord (098).JPG, Landscape. Deciduous trees in a mix with conifer. File:Vosges du Nord-Végétation (1).jpg, Early spring File:Forêt dans tourbière à Baerenthal 57230 Moselle - France.jpg, Wooded bogland (alder trees) Château de La Petite-Pierre (2).JPG, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pays De Bitche
The Pays de Bitche (, literally ''Land of Bitche'', german: Bitscherland or ) is a natural region located in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region of France. It corresponds to the present French part of the former principality of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and to the part of the Northern Vosges that lies within Lorraine. The Pays de Bitche has a total of 47 municipalities. 46 of them are gathered into the Bitche canton and the remaining one, Kalhausen, is a part of the Sarreguemines canton. Geography The Pays de Bitche has a total of 47 municipalities and covers the part of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park that lies within Lorraine. In the west and southwest it forms part of the agriculturally dominated Westrich Plateau. To the south it borders the so-called ''Alsace bossue'' (German: ''Krumme Elsass''), which belongs to the arrondissement of Saverne. To the east is the canton of Wissembourg. To the north it is adjoined by the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meisenthal
Meisenthal (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Meisedal'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of the 2013 France census, the village's population is 697. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Val-Mésangeois'' and ''Val-Mésangeoises''. The village is famous for the Centre International d'Art Verrier (CIAV; ''international center for studio glass''). Glass has been produced in Meisenthal since the early 18th century, and since the 19th century Christmas decorations from Meisenthal were famous. It has been suggested that in the mid 19th century a shortage of apples inspired the local glass blowers to produce baubles to be used as decorations for Christmas trees instead. See also * Émile Gallé * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 Communes of France, communes of the Moselle (department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche
Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche (, literally ''St. Louis near Bitche''; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Minzdal'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of the 2013 France census, the village's population is 512. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Ludoviciens'' and ''Ludoviciennes''. The village is famous for its Saint-Louis Glass Manufacture, as it is the oldest glass manufacturer in France with roots dating back to 1586 and the first crystal glass manufacturer in continental Europe (1781). See also * Communes of the Moselle department * Saint-Louis (glass manufacturer) The Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis is a corporation, founded in 1586 in Münzthal (Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche in French) in Lorraine. It is the oldest glass manufacturer in France with roots dating back to 1586 and the first crystal glass ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soucht
Soucht (; German and Lorraine Franconian: ''Sucht'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village is part of the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of the 2013 France census, the village's population is 1,080. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Souchtois'' and ''Souchtoises''. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 Communes of France, communes of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as ... References External links * Communes of Moselle (department) {{Sarreguemines-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany and Luxembourg,Says J.M. (2010) La Moselle, une rivière européenne. Eds. Serpenoise. the city forms a central place of the European Greater Region and the SaarLorLux euroregion. Metz has a rich 3,000-year history,Bour R. (2007) Histoire de Metz, nouvelle édition. Eds. Serpenoise. having variously been a Celtic ''oppidum'', an important Gallo-Roman city,Vigneron B. (1986) Metz antique: Divodurum Mediomatricorum. Eds. Maisonneuve. the Merovingian capital of Austrasia,Huguenin A. (2011) Histoire du royaume mérovingien d'Austrasie. Eds. des Paraiges. pp. 134,275 the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty,Settipani C. (1989) Les ancêtres de Charlemagne. Ed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butten
Butten (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The inhabitants of Butten are called ''Buttenois, Buttenoises'' in French. habitants.fr See also *Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhi ...
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Rohrbach-lès-Bitche
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (, literally ''Rohrbach near Bitche''; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Roerbach'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche. Geography Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is crossed from west to east by the road connecting Sarreguemines to Bitche. The road towards Sarre-Union branches off in the centre of the village. Located in the open country, at an elevation of around 260 metres, the village is dominated to the west by the 360-metre-tall ''Guckenberg'', the last hill of the Lorraine plateau. It is one of the earliest villages of the Pays de Bitche. The Vosges pink sandstone appears on the outskirts of the commune, but is mostly covered by forest. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bining
Bining (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Bininge'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche. Geography The village lies on sloping ground on the border between wooded and open areas, in the centre of the former canton of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche. History Ten or so archaeological sites show that the area has been occupied since the Gallo-Roman period. Bining was referred to in 1351 as ''Biningen'', after ''Bino'', a Germanic man's name. The village formed part of the manor of Bitche, and in the mid-14th Century, Gérard de Warsberg was granted fiefdom over it. Within the Roman Catholic Church, the village was organised as a succursal parish of Rohrbach, to which an Archpriest was appointed in 1821. Bining Church, which is dedicated to the Virgin Birth, was constructed shortly afterwards, in order to replace an 18th-century chapel, although the bell-tower was only added in 1846. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
