Altviller

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Altviller
Altviller coat of arms
Altviller (France)
Altviller
region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton Saint-Avold
Community association Saint-Avold synergy
Coordinates 49 ° 4 ′  N , 6 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′  N , 6 ° 44 ′  E
height 251-296 m
surface 4.85 km 2
Residents 586 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 121 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 57730
INSEE code 57015

Saint-Rémi and Mairie Altviller church

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Altviller (German Altweiler ) is a French commune with 586 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle and the municipality association Saint-Avold Synergie .

geography

Altviller is about five kilometers south-east of Saint-Avold , near the border with Saarland at an altitude of 270 m above sea level. The upper Nied Allemande (German Nied) flows through the south of the municipality . 72 hectares of the municipal area are wooded ( Rischstuden and Laengerbusch in the west, Liebusch in the north, Bois des Saints ( Heiligenbusch ) in the east).

Neighboring communities of Altviller are Lachambre in the northeast, Vahl-Ebersing in the south, Folschviller in the southwest and Valmont in the northwest.

history

In 1221 the name Altviller appears for the first time in a deed of donation from the Wadgassen Abbey . In 1801 there was also the spelling Atteviller

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 314 346 311 464 506 534 571 586
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The Saint-Rémi church is dedicated to Remigius of Reims . It was built from 1808 on the foundations of an older church that had been built in 1725. The church belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Notre-Dame du Vahl, which is part of the diocese of Metz .

  • Statue of the Virgin Mary on the Hänzelberg , erected in 1879

Economy and Infrastructure

Since the 1980s, Altviller has become a residential community for commuters from the industrial and commercial areas mainly to the north. There is a bakery and small craft shops in the village itself. There are five farms in the municipality (cereal cultivation, horse and poultry breeding).

The nearby town of Saint-Avold enables cheap supraregional transport connections by road and train ( Autoroute A4 , train lines to Metz, Forbach and Saarbrücken).

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Abbé J. Colbus, Altviller, ancien fief épiscopal de la vouerie de St-Nabor
  2. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Altviller on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Altviller on insee.fr
  5. ↑ Entry No. 57015 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  6. ^ Paroisse Notre Dame du Vahl. In: egliseinfo.catholique.fr. Église catholique en France, accessed on August 17, 2013 (French).
  7. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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