Seingbouse
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Freyming-Merlebach | |
| Community association | Freyming-Merlebach | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 7 ′ N , 6 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 226-306 m | |
| surface | 8.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,822 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 226 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57455 | |
| INSEE code | 57644 | |
Seingbouse (German Sengbusch ) is a French commune with 1822 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement .
geography
The municipality of Seingbouse is located in the north of the historic Lorraine region , five kilometers from the German-French border and four kilometers south of Freyming-Merlebach .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1594 as Senghauss . Other spellings were Seingbuss (1595), Zanbouss (1606), Seinebouss (1684) and Sengbousse (18th century).
Attractions
- 19th century church of Saint Jacques.
Church of St. James the Elder
Mariahilf Chapel
Web links
Commons : Seingbouse - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
