Rolbing
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines | |
| Canton | Bitche | |
| Community association | Pays de Bitche | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 10 ′ N , 7 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 247-348 m | |
| surface | 5.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 249 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57720 | |
| INSEE code | 57590 | |
 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Church, built in 1854 |
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Rolbing ( German Rolbingen , Lorraine Rolwinge ) is a French commune with 249 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
Rolbing (also called Rolwinge in Lothringer Platt ) is located in the northern Vosges and lies in the extreme northeast of Lorraine on the border with the Palatinate am Hornbach . It is the northernmost tip of the Bitscher Ländchen at the transition to the Zweibrücker Hügelland . The municipality is part of the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve .
history
Barrows indicate the presence of the Celts . Various archaeological finds are available from the Gallo-Roman period. The village was first mentioned in 1303 under the name Roulbingen (supposedly from Rodulf = Germanic first name). The ending ingen speaks for a Franconian foundation, possibly by the Hornbach monastery .
In the church, Rolbing belonged to the parish of Loutzviller until 1858 and since then to Volmunster . From 1790 to 1801, Rolbing was politically assigned to the canton of Breidenbach , which no longer existed , then from 1801 to 2015 it belonged to the canton of Volmunster , which also no longer existed, and since then to the canton of Bitche.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 378 | 356 | 330 | 295 | 264 | 250 | 292 | 249 |
Culture and sights
The Unterecke district in the north of Rolbing has retained the character of an original Lorraine farming village.
supporting documents
- ↑ History of Rolbing on bitscherland.fr (French)
Web links
- Rolbing on www.bitscherland.fr (French)