Boucheporn
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Faulquemont | |
| Community association | District Urbain de Faulquemont | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 8 ' N , 6 ° 37' E | |
| height | 232-414 m | |
| surface | 6.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 581 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 87 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57220 | |
| INSEE code | 57095 | |
 Mairie Boucheporn |
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Boucheporn (German: Buschborn ) is a French commune with 581 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement and the Faulquemont canton (until 2015: Boulay-Moselle canton ).
geography
The municipality of Boucheporn is about eight kilometers northwest of Saint-Avold near the border with Saarland .
history
Other spellings were: Buxbrunno (766-68), Banschborn (1594), Bousporn (1662), Bouchborn (1683), Bouschberen (1762).
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
| Residents | 442 | 453 | 524 | 627 | 554 | 557 |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Remi 1770
Personalities
- Jean Colbus (1834–1916), Catholic clergyman and member of the German Reichstag
literature
- Marcel Lutz: BOUCHEPORN Moselle, France . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
Web links
Commons : Boucheporn - collection of images, videos and audio files
