Gosselming
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Sarrebourg | |
| Community association | Sarrebourg Moselle Sud | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ' N , 7 ° 0' E | |
| height | 232-285 m | |
| surface | 10.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 587 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 58 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57930 | |
| INSEE code | 57255 | |
 Saint-Sévère church |
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Gosselming (German Gosselmingen ) is a French commune with 587 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 Gosselming is located on the upper Saar , about eight kilometers northwest of Sarrebourg at an altitude between 232 and 285 m above sea level. The municipality covers 10.15 km².
Most of the municipal area consists of forest. The two hamlets Alsing ( Alzing ) and Bromsenhoff ( Bromsenhof ) also belong to the municipality of Gosselming .
history
The place was first mentioned in the Middle Ages as Gozhelminge and was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . In 1766 it became part of France, from 1871 to 1918 it became part of the German Empire and from 1919 back to France.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 467 | 444 | 476 | 486 | 526 | 536 | 614 |
