The communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche ( French for "Land of Bitche community of communes", ) is a federation of municipalities (''

communauté de communes A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (int ...

''), located in the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of the

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...

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in north-eastern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. Its seat is the town

Bitche Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department, administrative regions of France, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It ...

.CC du Pays de Bitche (N° SIREN : 200069441)
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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

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 Zweibrü ...

communauté de communes : ''Bitche et environs'', ''Volmunster et environs'' and ''Pays du Verre et du Cristal''. The last one of the four, the ''communauté de communes de Rohrbach-lès-Bitche'', has merged on January 1, 2017. Since then, every

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

of the Bitche canton has been part of the same

intercommunality The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equiv ...

Communes

The communauté de communes consists of the following 46 communes:INSEE
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Baerenthal Baerenthal (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Bäredal'') 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. ...

Bettviller Bettviller (; ) 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. It is mentioned for the first time in 1157, in the forms "Bedebur" and "Bedevill ...

# Bining #

Bousseviller Bousseviller (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Busswiller'') 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 Par ...

Breidenbach Breidenbach is a municipality in the west of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Neighbouring communities * Bad Laasphe *Biedenkopf *Dautphetal *Eschenburg * Steffenberg Community divisions The community is divided into ...

# Éguelshardt #

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 Natur ...

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Erching Erching (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Erschinge'') 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. ...

Etting Etting (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Ettinge'') 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. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The ...

Goetzenbruck Goetzenbruck or Gœtzenbruck (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Getzebrikk'') 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 Re ...

Gros-Réderching Gros-Réderching (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Grossrederschinge'') 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. The similarly named commune Peti ...

Hanviller Hanviller (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Honnwiller'') 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 Pa ...

Haspelschiedt Haspelschiedt (; german: Haspelscheidt; Lorraine Franconian: ''Haschbelschitt'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The population in 2018 was 301 inhabitants. Geography The ...

Hottviller Hottviller (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Hottwiller'') 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 ...

Lambach Lambach () is a market town in the Wels-Land district of the Austrian state of Upper Austria on the Ager and Traun Rivers. A major stop on the salt trade, it is the site of the Lambach Abbey, built around 1056. Notable alumnus from the local eleme ...

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Lengelsheim Lengelsheim (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lengelse'') 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 ...

Liederschiedt Liederschiedt (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Lirerschidt'') 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 ...

Loutzviller Loutzviller (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lutzwiller'') 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 P ...

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. ...

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 ...

Mouterhouse Mouterhouse (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Muterhüse'') 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 Par ...

Nousseviller-lès-Bitche Nousseviller-lès-Bitche (, literally ''Nousseviller near Bitche''; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Nusswiller'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pay ...

Obergailbach Obergailbach ( Lorraine Franconian: ''Owergäälbach'') 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 Natur ...

# Ormersviller # Petit-Réderching #

Philippsbourg Philippsbourg (; german: Philippsburg, link=no ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Phillipsburch''; gsw-FR, Phillipsbueri) is a commune in the department of Moselle, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. The village belongs to the P ...

Rahling Rahling (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Rahlinge'') 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. ...

# Reyersviller # Rimling # Rohrbach-lès-Bitche # Rolbing #

Roppeviller Roppeviller (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Roppwiller'') 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. ...

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 Bit ...

# Schmittviller #

Schorbach Schorbach () 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. Schorbach had 551 residents. The residents refer to themselves as ''Schorbachois' ...

# Schweyen #

Siersthal Siersthal (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Siirschel'') 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. It ...

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 ...

# Sturzelbronn #

Volmunster Volmunster (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Wolminschter'') 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 P ...

# Waldhouse # Walschbronn

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