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 ...
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 It superseded three former administ ...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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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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 ...
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 ...
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
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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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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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
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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 ...