Béning-lès-Saint-Avold
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Freyming-Merlebach | |
| Community association | Freyming-Merlebach | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 8 ′ N , 6 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 202-337 m | |
| surface | 3.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,140 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 309 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57800 | |
| INSEE code | 57061 | |
 Parish Church of Saint-Etienne |
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Béning-lès-Saint-Avold (German Beningen (near Sankt Avold) ) is a French commune with 1,140 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2016 ).
geography
The municipality of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold is located between Forbach and Saint-Avold , near the border with Saarland in the cross-border landscape of the Warndt .
Neighboring communities of Béning are Cocheren in the north and east, Farébersviller in the south-east, Seingbouse in the south-west, Betting in the west and Freyming-Merlebach (point of contact) in the north-west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
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| 1,149 | 1,203 | 1,328 | 1,368 | 1,256 | 1,231 | 1,233 |
Attractions
- Place de la Fontaine
- Place Arthur Albert
- Parish Church of Saint-Etienne
Personalities
- Gustav Kneip (1905–1992) composer of the “Schwalbenlied”, conductor and radio programmer
- Art figure Helmut Fritz alias Éric Greff
traffic
Béning has a train station on the Forbacher Bahn and the Haguenau – Falck-Hargarten line . The TER Lorraine trains stop here .
Web links
Commons : Béning-lès-Saint-Avold - Collection of images, videos and audio files
