Semécourt
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Metz | |
| Canton | Le Sillon mosellan | |
| Community association | Rives de Moselle | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 ' N , 6 ° 8' E | |
| height | 167-266 m | |
| surface | 2.30 km 2 | |
| Residents | 995 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 433 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57280 | |
| INSEE code | 57645 | |
| Website | http://www.semecourt.fr | |
Semécourt is a French commune with 995 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Metz .
geography
The municipality of Semécourt is eight kilometers north of Metz in the Moselle valley .
history
The place was named after a Franconian named Sicmar and has always been on the French side of the historical German-French language border .
In 1871 he came to the German Empire through the Peace of Frankfurt . After the outbreak of World War I , German became the only official language from July 1, 1915 (at that time, 51% of all children at Semécourt spoke only French). On September 2, 1915, an imperial decree ordered that all French-speaking communities in the realm of Alsace-Lorraine should be given German-sounding names. On October 7, 1915, Semécourt was renamed Sigmarshofen . In November 1918 the place was returned to France.
During the Second World War , Semécourt was again occupied by the Germans, this time a large part of the French-speaking inhabitants were expelled . In November 1944 the place, badly damaged, was liberated again.
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 245 | 415 | 509 | 590 | 733 | 835 | 874 | 833 | 995 |
