Rombas

Rombas
region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Metz
Canton	Rombas (main town)
Community association	Pays Orne Moselle
Coordinates	49 ° 15 ′ N , 6 ° 6 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ N , 6 ° 6 ′ E
height	162-383 m
surface	11.69 km 2
Residents	9,882 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	845 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	57120
INSEE code	57591
Website	http://www.rombas.com
	; View from the Tour de Drince over Rombas, Amnéville and Gandrange ; in the background the Cattenom nuclear power plant

Rombas (German Rombach , Lorraine Rombéch ) is a French commune with 9882 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Metz and is the capital of the canton of Rombas .

geography

The municipality of Rombas is located about 20 kilometers northwest of Metz in the Orne Valley .

history

The place is named after a Franconian named Rumo, who took possession of the area in the 7th century . In 972 the place is mentioned as Romesbach , the French name first appeared in 1185 as Romesbas . Then Romebar (1264), Roumebac (1285), Rombar (1298), Romba ou Redingen (1572), Rombach (18th century).

Since the Middle Ages, Rombas has been on the French side of the historical German-French language border , which ran just a few kilometers to the east.

Population development
year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	10,492	12,412	13.303	11,733	10,844	10,742	10,061	9882

economy

Rombas was once shaped by the steel industry , at times up to eight blast furnaces were in operation. Among other things, they belonged to the Rombach ironworks .