Novéant-sur-Moselle

Novéant-sur-Moselle
region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Metz
Canton	Les Coteaux de Moselle
Community association	Mad et Moselle
Coordinates	49 ° 1 '  N , 6 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '  N , 6 ° 3'  E
height	168-371 m
surface	12.89 km 2
Residents	1,797 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	139 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	57680
INSEE code	57515
Château Novéant

Novéant-sur-Moselle is a French commune with 1797 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).

geography

Novéant is located on the Moselle , 14 kilometers southwest of Metz . The west of the municipality is part of the Lorraine Regional Nature Park .

history

The name of the community is derived from the Latin ad novam viam ("on the new road"). Novéant was ecclesiastical property in the Middle Ages and came to France in 1661.

In 1887 Wilhelm Schnäbele was arrested in Novéant, which led to the Schnäbele affair .

1915-1918 the place had the Germanized name Neuburg i.Lothr. and the station is called Neuburg (Lothr.) . 1940–1944 the name was changed to Neuburg an der Mosel .

traffic

Novéant has a station on the Nancy – Metz line , which is served by the TER Lorraine local trains. From 1912 to 1933 the Novéant – Gorze Electric Railway connected Novéant with the neighboring municipality of Gorze .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	1416	1580	1809	1752	1781	1823	1958	1797

Web links

Commons : Novéant-sur-Moselle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• unofficial website
• Novéant-sur-Moselle , Morthomme, photo comparison 1914–1918 and today

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of October 30, 1915, No. 54. Announcement No. 721, p. 350f.