Blies-Guersviller
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines | |
| Canton | Sarreguemines | |
| Community association | Sarreguemines Confluences | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 9 ' N , 7 ° 5' E | |
| height | 197-287 m | |
| surface | 3.60 km 2 | |
| Residents | 644 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 179 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57200 | |
| INSEE code | 57093 | |
.jpg) Saint-Quirin church in the Blies-Schweyen district |
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Blies-Guersviller (German Bliesgersweiler ) is a French commune with 644 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).
geography
The municipality of Blies-Guersviller is located on the Blies , which frames the municipality in a horseshoe shape and forms the border with Germany . Blies-Schweyen is the largest part of the municipality, it is located in the northeast opposite the Saarland village of Blieshaben-Bolchen .
Neighboring communities of Blies-Guersviller are Kleinblittersdorf in the west and north, Mandelbachtal in the east (both communities in Saarland ), Frauenberg in the southeast and Saargemünd in the south.
history
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The place was first mentioned in a document in 777 as Villare , then in 1261 as Gereswilre and in 1751 as Guércheviller . In 1811, Blies-Schweyen was merged with Blies-Guerschwiller .
The Bliesgersweiler mill came to Prussia in 1829 through the border convention between Prussia and France .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
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| Residents | 362 | 373 | 313 | 542 | 628 | 661 | 609 | 603 |
