Dabo
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Phalsbourg | |
| Community association | Pays de Phalsbourg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 39 ′ N , 7 ° 14 ′ E | |
| height | 236-945 m | |
| surface | 48.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,522 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57850 | |
| INSEE code | 57163 | |
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Dabo ( Vogesian , German Dagsburg , French formerly Dagsbourg / Dachsbourg ) is a French commune with 2522 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 .
geography
The municipality is located high in the north-western Vosges between Strasbourg and Sarrebourg . The districts of La Hoube , Hellert and Schaeferhof belong to Dabo .
history
In the Middle Ages , the area around Dabo belonged to Alsace as the county of Dagsburg . Well known is the community because of two buildings on the impressive Rocher du Dabo in more than 660 m are high: The ruins of Dabo and the chapel , the memory of Pope Leo IX. was built. He lived from 1002 to 1054 and was a second cousin of the Salian emperor Heinrich III. Leo's mother Heilwig came from the Dagsburg. Through them there were family ties to the owners of the younger Dagsburg in Alsace.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2013 |
| Residents | 2993 | 3008 | 2982 | 2913 | 2789 | 2780 | 2658 | 2605 |
Dabo as seen from Le Rocher
Le Rocher rock with chapel
Pope Leo IX, statue in the outer wall of the chapel tower
Chapelle Saint-Léon de Dabo at sunrise from the east
Chapelle Saint-Léon de Dabo in the morning from the east
Chapelle Saint-Léon de Dabo at sunset from the east
