Achain

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Achain
Achain coat of arms
Achain (France)
Achain
region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton Le Saulnois
Community association Saulnois
Coordinates 48 ° 55 '  N , 6 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 55 '  N , 6 ° 36'  E
height 227-330 m
surface 4.79 km 2
Residents 82 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 57340
INSEE code 57004

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Achain (German Eschen ) is a French commune with 82 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins , to the canton of Le Saulnois and to the communal association Communauté de communes du Saulnois .

geography

Achain is located about 45 kilometers southeast of Metz in the Saulnois at an altitude between 227 and 330 meters above sea level. The municipality covers 4.79 km².

history

In the Middle Ages , Achain belonged to the Seigneurie Morhange .

In 1793 Achain was given the status of a municipality in the course of the French Revolution (1789–1799) and in 1801 the right to local self-government. From 1801 to 1871 it belonged to the former Meurthe department , which was renamed the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in 1871 . In 1871 the community was due to territorial changes through the course of the Franco-German War (1870-1871) in the newly created Alsace-Lorraine the German Empire incorporated, French but remained official and colloquial language. The realm of Alsace-Lorraine existed until the end of the First World War (1914–1918) and was then dissolved. Achain was in the Moselle department at that time, and this change was retained in 1918 when Moselle was re-assigned to France. Around 1900 it was given the German-sounding name "Eschen"; this was reversed in 1918. The village was badly damaged in the First World War, including the destruction of the church. It was rebuilt in 1921.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
118 97 89 79 95 95 92

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : "Inside a silver border , covered with eight red shells , a golden orb in blue with a black ribbon."

The municipal coat of arms is the emblem of the Seigneurie Morhange, extended to the mussels, the attribute of the patron saint James (Saint Jacques) of Achain.

Web links

Commons : Achain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Achain on cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Correspondance des noms de village en Alsace-Moselle (French). Accessed February 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ Achain on quid.fr (French), accessed on February 23, 2010 ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.quid.fr
  4. ↑ Union of Cercles GENEALOGIQUES Lorrain (French) Accessed on 24 February, 2010.