Obergailbach
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines | |
| Canton | Bitche | |
| Community association | Pays de Bitche | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 7 ' N , 7 ° 13' E | |
| height | 234-387 m | |
| surface | 8.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 304 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57720 | |
| INSEE code | 57517 | |
Obergailbach is a French commune with 304 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Sarreguemines and the Canton of Bitche .
Geography and geology
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It is named after the Gailbach, which rises above the village and is called Gelbach in the local dialect.
The municipality is ten kilometers east of Sarreguemines and only one kilometer from the German-French border. The little Saarland village Niedergailbach in the north, down the valley , the next station on the Gailbach before it flows into the Blies , is two kilometers away.
The place is in the upper valley between
- Buchenberg ( Buchebersch ) and the
- Beech bushes ( Bischebisch ).
The name of the beech mountain and the beech bush , in whose upper valley Obergailbach lies, bear witness to the beech tree that naturally predominates there . Today the landscape is strongly characterized by grassland and fields, meanwhile often neglected orchards and small wooded areas. This diversity and the orchards lead to a great diversity of species.
From a geological point of view, Obergailbach lies in the so-called Saargemünd-Zweibrücker Triassic Basin. The limestone deposits are particularly characteristic of the region . The layers of earth run at an angle of about 3 degrees towards Blies . Some of the shell limestone layers, especially the middle shell limestone, are impermeable to water. This is why rainwater runs into the local mountains, but is stopped by this middle-altitude layer and emerges again at a source horizon following the slope of the layer .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 248 | 228 | 217 | 250 | 264 | 255 | 306 | 304 |
church
The place has the Romanesque church of Saint-Maurice, built in the 12th century . In 1902 the church was renovated under the direction of Paul Tornow .
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Web links
- Obergailbach on bitscherland.fr (French)