Flastroff

Flastroff
region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Bouzonville
Community association	Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières
Coordinates	49 ° 22 '  N , 6 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '  N , 6 ° 32'  E
height	214-307 m
surface	8.38 km 2
Residents	326 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	57320
INSEE code	57215
View over Rue Saint-Éloi towards the church

Flastroff ( German Flasdorf , Lorraine Floostroff / Flueschdrëf ) is a French commune with 326 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 . The inhabitants call themselves Flastroffois . Nickname: " Di Flooschtrowwer gobies ".

geography

The municipality of Flastroff is located ten kilometers north of Bouzonville , not far from the border with Saarland at an altitude between 214 and 307 m above sea level. The municipality covers 8.38 km². The northern district of Zeurange ( Zeringen , nickname: " Di Zeiringer Béck ") belongs to Flastroff .

history

Flastroff has belonged to the Duchy of Lorraine since the Middle Ages . As a result of the Peace of Vincennes , the place fell to France in 1661. After the Franco-Prussian War he became German again in 1871. Flastroff has been French again since the First World War . During the Second World War , the village was occupied by the Wehrmacht from May 1940 to February 1945 .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	409	398	370	371	357	330	295

Culture and sights

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  Saint-Éloi church

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  Saint-Gall church in the Zeurange district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} otsierck.com - Flastroff ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Flastroff en 1939–1945 , accessed July 7, 2018.