Insviller
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Le Saulnois | |
| Community association | Saulnois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 53 ' N , 6 ° 54' E | |
| height | 218-259 m | |
| surface | 8.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 177 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57670 | |
| INSEE code | 57347 | |
 Saint-Michel church |
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Insviller (German Insweiler ) is a French commune with 177 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).
geography
The municipality is located six kilometers southeast of Albestroff in the Lorraine Regional Nature Park .
On the northern edge of the village is the Étang Rouge ( Red Pond ), in the south of the Étang du Moulin ( Mill Pond ).
The two hamlets to the east of Rothoff ( Rothof ) and Grunhoff ( Grünhof ) belong to the municipality of Insviller .
history
The village was destroyed in the Thirty Years War and only rebuilt in 1663. Through the Peace of Westphalia , the formerly German town came to France and then became German again in 1871 through the Peace of Frankfurt , until the end of the First World War. Even during the Second World War, the place was under German administration.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2013 |
| Residents | 212 | 224 | 215 | 206 | 197 | 190 | 190 | 203 |
