Grostenquin
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Sarralbe | |
| Community association | Saint-Avold synergy | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 59 ′ N , 6 ° 44 ′ E | |
| height | 226-306 m | |
| surface | 21.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 631 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 29 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57660 | |
| INSEE code | 57262 | |
 Saint-Jean-Baptiste church |
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Grostenquin (German Großtänchen , Lorraine Tänchen or Grosstänsche ) is a French commune with 631 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The residents are teased Finschterstopper (window stoppers ) .
geography
Grostenquin is 20 km south of Saint-Avold . Neighboring municipalities are: Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold , Laning , Frémestroff , Freybouse , Francaltroff , Virming , Bermering , Vallerange , Bérig-Vintrange and Bistroff .
There is a large military compound to the north of the parish that was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) base in the 1950s and 1960s .
Districts
Béning, Bertring, Hingsange, Linstroff.
history
The place was first mentioned in 787 as Tannae villa . Then Tannecha (1179), Tenchen (1255), Tannichen (1461), Tanchen (1469), Gros Tenchen (1573), Thannigen (1645), Grostenchen and Grosse-Tenquen (17th century), Tenquin-Gros (1801) .
Grostenquin came to the German Empire in 1871 as a result of the Franco-Prussian War and was renamed Großtänchen . After the end of the First World War in 1918, the place came to France in 1919 and was called Grostenquin again .
From 1940 to 1944 Grostenquin belonged to the CdZ Lorraine region during the German occupation .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Passé-Présent: La Moselle dévoilée N ° 3 (Septembre-Octobre 2011)