Maizières-lès-Metz
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Moselle | |
Arrondissement | Metz | |
Canton | Le Sillon mosellan | |
Community association | Rives de Moselle | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 13 ′ N , 6 ° 10 ′ E | |
height | 159-206 m | |
surface | 8.92 km 2 | |
Residents | 11,388 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 1,277 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 57280 | |
INSEE code | 57433 | |
Website | http://www.ville-maizieres-les-metz.fr/ | |
Maizières-lès-Metz ( Lorraine Welschmaacher ; German also Macheren ) is a French commune with 11,388 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2015 ). The inhabitants call themselves Maiziérois .
geography
The municipality of Maizières-lès-Metz is located in the Moselle valley , twelve kilometers north of Metz . The A4 and A31 motorways intersect in the southeast of the municipality .
history
The place was first mentioned in 977 as Maidera , in 1218 as Masieres . In 1558 the place was occupied by the French and ceded to France in 1648. From 1871 to 1918 the place belonged again to the German Empire as Maizières near Metz . From 1915 to 1918 he carried the Germanized name Macheren , 1940 to 1944 Machern bei Metz . In 1944 there was some war damage.
The family name de Maizière comes from this place.
Population development
year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
Residents | 3,418 | 8,817 | 9,834 | 11,024 | 9,790 | 8,901 | 9,344 | 10,650 | 11,388 |
Attractions
Walygator Parc is located in the north of the municipality .
There is an outpost base of the " Ligne Maginot aquatique " at Maizières-lès-Metz. This is open to tourists and is located on the "Route de la Ligne Maginot aquatique". At Barst, private individuals and the municipality have created a fortress park that offers an insight into this part of the Maginot Line. A permanently installed Renault FT tank is the starting point of a trench system, the end of which was secured by an artillery casemate for a 75 mm gun.
Town twinning
Maizières-lès-Metz is in partnership with
- Bukowsko ( Subcarpathian Voivodeship , Poland)
- Montastruc-la-Conseillère ( Haute-Garonne department , France)
- Bad Wünnenberg ( North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany)
traffic
The station Maizières-lès-Metz is located on the Metz-Luxembourg railway . The Hagendingen tram operated until 1964 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.roelly.org/~genealogie/entraide/doerferim.htm
- ^ Working group Westwalltag
- ↑ Maizières-lès-Metz website