Fixem
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Thionville | |
| Canton | Yutz | |
| Community association | Cattenom et Environs | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 17' E | |
| height | 150-215 m | |
| surface | 3.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 418 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 118 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57570 | |
| INSEE code | 57214 | |
 Saint-Sébastien church |
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Fixem (German until 1915 Fixem , since then Fixheim , Lorraine Fecksem ) is a French commune with 418 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Thionville .
geography
Fixem is located about twelve kilometers northwest of Thionville at an altitude between 150 and 215 m above sea level, the mean height is 172 m. The municipality covers 3.53 km².
history
The place was first mentioned in 781 as Fuckinsheim . Then Fuxem (781-782), Fuxheim (1616).
At that time, Johann von Fuxheym was the mayor and rentmaster of Sierck-les-Bains (Moselle department). He stated that the Count Brothers Gerhard III. and Sebastian von Sayn and Homburg (North Rhine-Westphalia, Oberbergischer Kreis) have given him some merchant guilders according to a loan letter. The place has belonged to France since 1769, with an interruption from 1871 to 1918 ( Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine ).
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2015 |
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| Residents | 225 | 254 | 234 | 280 | 325 | 304 | 371 | 428 |
literature
- Hardt Albert, Certificate Book Sayn, Wiesbaden 2010
- Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden 340, 12166
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Wiltheim, Auguste Neyen-Luciliburgensia sive Luxemburgum Romanum (1842)