Carling
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Saint-Avold | |
| Community association | Saint-Avold synergy | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 10 ' N , 6 ° 43' E | |
| height | 228-267 m | |
| surface | 2.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,445 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,290 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57490 | |
| INSEE code | 57123 | |
| Website | www.carling.fr | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Carling (German Karlingen ) is a French commune with 3445 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2016 Lorraine ). Carling belongs to the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement .
location
Carling is right on the border with Germany, more precisely the Saarland . The German neighbor is Lauterbach . The Lauterbach, which flows into the Rossel in Geislautern, rises in Carling.
Carling is on the road from Saarlouis via Überherrn to Saint-Avold . French neighboring towns are Creutzwald , these and L'Hôpital .
history
Carling was founded in 1714 by Count Karl-Ludwig from Saarbrücken . In 1728 twelve houses were counted, in 1756 there were 22.
In 1770, Prince Ludwig Carling from Saarbrücken ceded to France in exchange for Emmersweiler and Baerendorf . The French King Louis XV. Carling incorporated the Barony Überherrn, founded in 1767 . The barony also included the villages of Wilhelmsbronn , this and part of L'Hôpital, which were exchanged by Saarbrücken in 1766 .
In 1812, Carling and L'Hôpital were united under the rule of Napoleon . 25 years later, the citizenship demanded the dissolution of this association, which did not take place until 1894.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2567 | 2783 | 2593 | 3422 | 3709 | 3736 | 3724 | 3445 |
economy
Carling is home to the Carling chemical platform , an important petrochemical industrial site.
Web links
- Official website of Carling (French)