Freybouse
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Sarralbe | |
| Community association | Saint-Avold synergy | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 0 ′ N , 6 ° 47 ′ E | |
| height | 248-325 m | |
| surface | 5.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 432 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 74 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57660 | |
| INSEE code | 57239 | |
Freybouse (German Freibuss ) is a French commune with 432 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle and the municipality association Saint-Avold Synergie .
geography
Freybouse is twelve kilometers south of the former mining town of Saint-Avold and about 20 kilometers from the Saarland border. The community area of almost 6 km² is characterized by arable land and grassland, only in the west does the community have a share of 120 hectares of forest. The area around Freybouse is drained by the Ruisseau du Bischwald , a small stream that flows into the German Nied . The southern border of the municipality forms the national road 74, which runs on a ridge that separates the catchment areas of the Nied and the Albe , both of which finally flow into the Saar .
North-west of Freybouse is the fallow land with a 2,500 m long runway of Base aérienne Grostenquin , an air base of the Royal Canadian Air Force , which existed from 1952 to 1964.
Neighboring communities of Freybouse are Frémestroff in the north, Hellimer in the east, Francaltroff and Erstroff in the south and Grostenquin in the west.
history
The name Freybouse , which has been handed down since 1492, is made up of the German free and the French bous - from bois (= wood). The place first appeared in documents as Bouz in 1260 . The village was under the bishops of Metz . In 1793 and 1801 the parish name still had the spellings Freibouse and Freybousse .
Population development
Freybouse has been able to record continuous population growth over the past decades.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 232 | 263 | 263 | 274 | 324 | 327 | 384 | 432 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Laurent church from 1755
- Calvary from the 19th century
Economy and Infrastructure
There are 16 farms in the municipality (grain and fruit growing, dairy farming, cattle and poultry farming). There are also smaller craft businesses and jobs for commuters in the industrial plants around Saint-Avold.
From the national road 74 ( Nancy - Sarreguemines ) in the south of the municipality, the trunk road D 22 branches off to Saint-Avold , which runs through the town in a north-south direction. The nearest train stations are around 14 kilometers from Freybouse (Saint-Avold on the Metz − Forbach line and Bénestroff on the Metz − Morhange − Sarrebourg line).
