Thicourt

Thicourt
region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton	Faulquemont
Community association	District Urbain de Faulquemont
Coordinates	48 ° 59 ′  N , 6 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′  N , 6 ° 33 ′  E
height	234-336 m
surface	5.50 km 2
Residents	142 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	57380
INSEE code	57670
Chapel of Sainte-Ursule

Thicourt ( Lorraine Thico , German Diedersdorf ) is a French commune with 142 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ), about 33 kilometers east of Metz .

history

First mentioned as Tiedresdorf in 1018 . then Thiederesdorf (1142), Dydersdorf (1349), Diederstorff (1404).

In the Middle Ages, the small village was still in the German-speaking area and was then mentioned as Diderich , but has now been Francophone for centuries . From 1093 to 1602 there was a Benedictine monastery in the village .

Thicourt has belonged to France since 1766. From 1871–1918 it belonged again temporarily to the German Empire , but French remained the official and colloquial language.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	181	170	153	154	152	146	151

Web links

Commons : Thicourt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Burkhard Dietz, Helmut Gabel-Griff nach dem Westen-Part 1- (2003)