Varize-Vaudoncourt

Varize-Vaudoncourt
region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton	Boulay-Moselle
Community association	Houve-Pays Boulageois
Coordinates	49 ° 8 '  N , 6 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '  N , 6 ° 27'  E
height	205-347 m
surface	13.87 km 2
Residents	552 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	40 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	57220
INSEE code	57695
Website	http://www.varize.fr/
Mairie Varize-Vaudoncourt

Varize-Vaudoncourt (Varize: German Waibelskirchen , Lorraine Wibelskirch ) is a French commune with 552 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ), about 21 kilometers east of Metz .

location

Varize is located on the Nied , about 20 kilometers east of Metz .

history

Varize was in 1756 in the German-speaking part of Lorraine . The place was first mentioned in 893 as Wibilis Kiricha . It has belonged to France since 1766.

On December 1, 1973, the neighboring village of Vaudoncourt ( Wieblingen ) to the west was incorporated, to which the hamlets of Plappecourt ( Peplingen ) and Léoviller ( Leoweilerhof ) belong to the south . Vaudoncourt has been French since 1769, before it was part of the Austrian exclave of Rollingen .

Varize and Vaudoncourt were temporarily again part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, but French remained the official and colloquial language.

After a survey of the municipality's citizens, the municipality was renamed to Varize-Vaudoncourt by an ordinance of the Prefect of the Moselle Department (arr. 2015-DCTAJ-013 of February 24, 2015) .

Population development
year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	326	345	281	371	452	440	488

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  Saint Martin Church

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  Chapel in Basse Cour

Web links

Commons : Varize-Vaudoncourt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Augustin Calmet , Notice de la Lorraine  : qui comprend les duchés de Bar et de Luxembourg, 1840