Vergaville
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Le Saulnois | |
| Community association | Saulnois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 ′ N , 6 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 205-333 m | |
| surface | 13.17 km 2 | |
| Residents | 578 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57260 | |
| INSEE code | 57706 | |
 Remains of the former Vergaville monastery |
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Vergaville (German until 1915 Widersdorf , since then Wirtsdorf ) is a French commune with 578 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ), a few kilometers northeast of Dieuze .
history
The village is known for the former Benedictine monastery Vergaville , which existed there in the Middle Ages. In the Thirty Years' War it was completely destroyed, was abandoned and rebuilt later. Since then it has been on the French side of the former German-French language border .
In 1915 the German administration renamed the place "Wirtsdorf", which was reversed in 1918.
- Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 699 | 666 | 658 | 665 | 599 | 544 | 563 |
Web links
Commons : Vergaville - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of October 30, 1915, No. 54. Announcement No. 721, p. 350f.