Ormersviller

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Ormersviller
Ormersviller coat of arms
Ormersviller (France)
Ormersviller
region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarreguemines
Canton Bitche
Community association Pays de Bitche
Coordinates 49 ° 8 ′  N , 7 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′  N , 7 ° 20 ′  E
height 265-388 m
surface 7.3 km 2
Residents 390 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 53 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 57720
INSEE code

Exaltation of the Cross Church

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Ormersviller ( German Ormersweiler or Ormesweiler , Lorraine. Ormerschwiller ) is a French commune with 390 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2015 ). It belongs to the Sarreguemines arrondissement and the Bitche canton and is part of the Northern Vosges Natural Park . The inhabitants call themselves Ormersvillergeois .

geography

Ormersviller is located on the German-French border, two and a half kilometers northwest of Volmunster .

history

The community was first mentioned in 1304 as Ormeswilre .

Population development

year 1793 1896 1954 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 388 438 309 266 307 299 327 390

Attractions

  • Exaltation of the Cross ( l'Exaltation de la Sainte-Croix ) from 1835

supporting documents

  1. cf. Street name Ormesweiler Strasse in Blieskastel-Brenschelbach
  2. ^ Georg Christian Crollius : Origines Bipontinae , Volume 2, Zweibrücken 1769, p. 273. Online

literature

  • Les moulins et scieries du Pays de Bitche. Joël Beck, 1999.
  • Le Pays de Bitche 1900-1939. Joël Beck, 2005.

Web links

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