Denting
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Boulay-Moselle | |
| Community association | Houve-Pays Boulageois | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 ' N , 6 ° 32' E | |
| height | 230-384 m | |
| surface | 9.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 274 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57220 | |
| INSEE code | 57172 | |
 Saint-Jean-Baptiste church |
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Denting (German: Dentingen ) is a French commune with 274 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).
location
The community is about ten kilometers west of the border town of Creutzwald .
history
The place was created after the Thirty Years War . Before that there was a village called Wellingen on the site . The only remnant of this period is the Saint-Henri chapel .
In 1937 the military camp Ban Saint Jean was built in the municipality , which today resembles a ghost town and has been declared a restricted area.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 292 | 311 | 370 | 366 | 207 | 207 | 236 |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste of 1791
- Remains of the Maginot Line
Web links
Commons : Denting - collection of images, videos and audio files
