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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'' (in ...
''), 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 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 It superseded three former administ ...
administrative region Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
in north-eastern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. Its seat is the town
Bitche Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a commune in the Moselle department, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the communauté ...
.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
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 Zweibr ...
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 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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Achen Achen may refer to: * Achen (surname) * Achen, Moselle, a commune in the Grand Est region of France * Tiroler Achen, a river in Austria * Achen Lake, a lake in Tyrol, Austria * Achen Pass Achen Pass (el. 941 n.) is a mountain pass in ...
# Baerenthal # Bettviller #
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 t ...
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Bitche Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a commune in the Moselle department, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the communauté ...
# Bousseviller # Breidenbach #
Éguelshardt Éguelshardt (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Egelshat'') 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 ...
# Enchenberg # Epping # Erching # Etting # Goetzenbruck # Gros-Réderching # Hanviller # Haspelschiedt # Hottviller #
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 ...
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Lemberg Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
# Lengelsheim # Liederschiedt # Loutzviller # Meisenthal # Montbronn #
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 Park ...
# Nousseviller-lès-Bitche # Obergailbach #
Ormersviller Ormersviller (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Ormerschwiller'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily loca ...
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Petit-Réderching Petit-Réderching (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Kläänrederschinge'') 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 ...
# Philippsbourg #
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 T ...
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Reyersviller Reyersviller (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Reierschwiller'') 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 N ...
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Rimling Rimling (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Rimlinge'') 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 ...
# Rohrbach-lès-Bitche #
Rolbing Rolbing (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Rolwinge'') 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. ...
# Roppeviller #
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 Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). ...
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Schmittviller Schmittviller (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Schmittwiller'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily loca ...
# Schorbach #
Schweyen Schweyen (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Schweije'') 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. ...
# Siersthal # Soucht # Sturzelbronn #
Volmunster Volmunster (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Wolminschter'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily locat ...
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Waldhouse Waldhouse (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Walthuse'') 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 ...
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Walschbronn Walschbronn () is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises ...


See also

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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):Canton of Bitche *
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 Zweibr ...


References

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Bitche Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a commune in the Moselle department, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the communauté ...
Bitche Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a commune in the Moselle department, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the communauté ...
States and territories established in 2009