Arriance
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Faulquemont | |
| Community association | District Urbain de Faulquemont | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 ′ N , 6 ° 30 ′ E | |
| height | 233-294 m | |
| surface | 6.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 212 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57580 | |
| INSEE code | 57029 | |
 Church of St. Francis of Assisi |
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Arriance ( Lorraine Airiance , German Argenchen ) is a French commune with 212 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).
geography
The municipality is located about 30 kilometers southeast of Metz and ten kilometers southwest of Faulquemont .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1121 as Argentha , is on the French side of the former Franco-German language border and has belonged to France since 1766.
From 1871 to 1918 Arriance was temporarily part of the German Empire again , but French remained the official and colloquial language. During the Nazi occupation (1940-44) it was given the invented name "Argen" by the German authorities.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2015 |
| Residents | 182 | 186 | 165 | 225 | 213 | 226 | 229 | 210 |
Web links
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