Stiring coil
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Stiring coil | |
| Community association | Forbach Porte de France | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 ' N , 6 ° 56' E | |
| height | 205-254 m | |
| surface | 3.60 km 2 | |
| Residents | 11,618 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,227 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57350 | |
| INSEE code | 57660 | |
| Website | www.stiring.net | |
 Mairie Stiring-Wendel |
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Stiring-Wendel (German Stieringen-Wendel , Platt Stiringe ) is a French town with 11,618 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The inhabitants call themselves Stiringeois , nickname: "The Stiringer Sandhase".
geography
The city of Stiring-Wendel is located directly on the German-French border. The German neighboring town is Saarbrücken , the French neighboring communities are Schöneck , Spichern and Forbach . The German-French border crossing at Goldene Bremm (French: Brême d'Or ) is on the boundary of the neighboring municipality of Spichern.
Central square in front of the Saint-François church
history
In 1846 an ironworks was founded on the site of today's Stiring-Wendel . The industrialist family De Wendel built a church, a school and housing for the workers. In 1857 Napoleon III appointed the place by decree to the city .
In 1897 the hut ceased operations and many residents left Stiring-Wendel. But the upswing in coal mining led to a renewed increase in population. In 1957 Stiring-Wendel had 16,000 inhabitants compared to 1,900 in 1857.
At the turn of the millennium, the era of hard coal also ended and the mines were shut down.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 15,028 | 13,757 | 12,665 | 13,581 | 13,743 | 13,129 | 12,468 | 11,618 |
Culture and sights
Saint-François church
Saint-Roch church
Lutheran Church
New Apostolic Church
Sainte-Marthe shaft
Economy and Infrastructure
Stiring-Wendel is located on Europastraße 50 , which is the Bundesautobahn 6 on the German side and the A320 autoroute on the French side . The former national road N 3 leads through Stiring-Wendel to Paris . The railway connection from Saarbrücken via Metz to Paris also runs through Stiring-Wendel, although trains no longer stop at the local station.
Personalities
- Émile Grosshans (1938–2016), football player
- Patricia Kaas (* 1966), chansonnière , grew up in Stiring-Wendel and has been an honorary citizen since 2006.
