Arzviller
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Phalsbourg | |
| Community association | Pays de Phalsbourg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 43 ' N , 7 ° 10' E | |
| height | 273-354 m | |
| surface | 5.21 km 2 | |
| Residents | 535 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 103 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57405 | |
| INSEE code | 57033 | |
| Website | Arzviller | |
Arzviller ( German Arzweiler ) is a French commune with 535 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 and the canton of Phalsbourg .
The place is known for the Saint-Louis / Arzviller ship lift .
geography
Arzviller is located about nine kilometers east of Sarrebourg on the watershed between Saar and Zorn . The municipality is crossed by a 2310 m long tunnel of the Rhine-Marne Canal and the Paris-Strasbourg railway line .
history
The place belonged to France from 1661, then became German again through the Peace of Frankfurt in 1871 and French again after the First World War. The region was again under German administration during the Second World War.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 520 | 507 | 486 | 544 | 508 | 516 | 526 | 535 |
Saint-Louis / Arzviller boat lift
Entrance to the Arzviller Canal Tunnel 
Western tunnel mouth of the canal with the Paris – Strasbourg line and the track of the towing railway
Personalities
- Peter Reheis (1739–1804), baroque master builder
