Amnéville (; , 1940–45: ) is a
commune in the
Moselle
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department in
Grand Est
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in northeastern
France
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. The town is an important tourist and
thermal spa centre in France.
Geography
Amnéville is located in the
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; ; ) 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 joins at Koblenz. A sm ...
valley, between
Metz
Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
and
Thionville
Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French Departments of France, department of Moselle (department), Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle (river), Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
History
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.
Population
History
A Celtic presence on the municipal territory of Amnéville has been attested since the 6th century BC. Excavations have demonstrated the existence of a village and a necropolis.
Amnéville was part of the
Duchy of Bar
The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the ''Barrois, pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the County of Montbéliard, House of Montbéliard from the 11t ...
until 1480, then of the
Duchy of Lorraine
The Duchy of Lorraine was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire which existed from the 10th century until 1766 when it was annexed by the kingdom of France. It gave its name to the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France ...
.
During the first German annexation, in 1894, the municipality of Amnéville was created by splitting the municipality of
Gandrange
Gandrange (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France
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. The
Rombas factory was created at this time. The new municipality was named Stahlheim, literally "City of Steel". Stahlheim-Amnéville, will later be renamed Amnéville-Stahlheim. It became French again in 1919. In 1974, it absorbed the former commune Malancourt-la-Montagne.
Sights
*Traces of
Roman road
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*Remains of a
Roman bridge
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*14th-century castle and church
*
Zoo d'Amnéville
Other sights include the casino that hosted a stage of the 2010/2011
World Poker Tour
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season
www.poker.fr, 18 December 2009
and an indoor ski slope
Indoor skiing is done in a climate-controlled environment with snowmaking, artificially produced snow. This enables skiing and snowboarding to take place regardless of outdoor temperatures. Facilities for both alpine skiing and nordic skiing a ...
. Amnéville also has a tourist and thermal center.
Personalities
* Patrick Battiston
Patrick Raymond Jean Battiston (born 12 March 1957) is a French former footballer who played as a defender for the France national team in three World Cups and won UEFA Euro 1984. At club level, he played for Metz, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux, ...
, footballer
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* Raymond Baratto, footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
Sport
* The Amneville Golf Club
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France
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References
External links
Website of the town in English
Communes of Moselle (department)
Duchy of Bar
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