Créhange
Créhange | |
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 The church in Créhange | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Créhange  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°03′49″N 6°34′58″E / 49.0636°N 6.5828°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Faulquemont |
| Intercommunality | CC District urbain de Faulquemont |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Lavergne[1] |
| Area 1 | 10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,799 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57159 /57690 |
| Elevation | 232–388 m (761–1,273 ft) (avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Créhange (French pronunciation: [kʁe.ɑ̃ʒ]; Lorraine Franconian: Krischingen, German: Kriechingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The writer Joël Egloff (born 1970) was born in Créhange.
Until 1793, Créhange was the capital of the County of Kriechingen, a state of the Holy Roman Empire.
Population[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,569 | — |
| 1975 | 3,355 | −0.88% |
| 1982 | 4,017 | +2.61% |
| 1990 | 3,854 | −0.52% |
| 1999 | 3,891 | +0.11% |
| 2007 | 3,974 | +0.26% |
| 2012 | 4,010 | +0.18% |
| 2017 | 3,868 | −0.72% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links[edit]
Media related to Créhange at Wikimedia Commons
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