Gelucourt
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Le Saulnois | |
| Community association | Saulnois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 6 ° 44 ′ E | |
| height | 207-256 m | |
| surface | 12.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 217 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57260 | |
| INSEE code | 57246 | |
 Chapel of Sainte-Odile |
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Gelucourt ( German Gisselfingen ) is a French commune with 217 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
The municipality of Gelucourt is located in the Saulnois , about six kilometers south of Dieuze near the Linderweiher (Étang de Lindre). The municipality is part of the Lorraine Regional Nature Park .
The district of Videlange (Videlingen) belongs to Gelucourt .
history
The place was first mentioned in 786 as Gisolvinga . Then Gisolvingom (792), Gisselfingen (1476, 1559 and 1594), Gelacourt (1793).
The village was mentioned as early as the 8th century and destroyed in the Thirty Years War . From 1871 to 1918 it belonged to the German Empire .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 263 | 251 | 260 | 272 | 243 | 224 | 237 | 217 |
