Foulcrey

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Foulcrey
Foulcrey Coat of Arms
Foulcrey (France)
Foulcrey
region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton Sarrebourg
Community association Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
Coordinates 48 ° 38 ′  N , 6 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′  N , 6 ° 51 ′  E
height 283-355 m
surface 12.34 km 2
Residents 170 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 14 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 57830
INSEE code

Saint Joseph Chapel

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Foulcrey (German Folkringen ) is a French commune with 170 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 .

geography

Foulcrey is located halfway between Sarrebourg and Lunéville on the border with the Meurthe-et-Moselle department at an altitude between 283 and 355 m above sea level. The municipality covers 12.34 km².

A little to the north is the Étang de Foulcrey ( Folkringer Weiher ).

history

The village was first mentioned as Foukereis in 1332 . Other spellings were: Folkeranges (1361), Folkeringen (1438), Folkringen (1490), Volkringen (1615).

The village has belonged to France since 1681.

1915–1918 and 1940–1944 it bore the Germanized name Folkringen .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 318 300 263 250 174 180 187

Web links

Commons : Foulcrey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Monika Buchmüller-Pfaff - settlement names between late antiquity and the early Middle Ages (1990)