Vieux-Lixheim

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Vieux-Lixheim
Coat of arms of Vieux-Lixheim
Vieux-Lixheim (France)
Vieux-Lixheim
region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton Sarrebourg
Community association Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
Coordinates 48 ° 47 '  N , 7 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '  N , 7 ° 8'  E
height 267-337 m
surface 6.45 km 2
Residents 256 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 40 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 57635
INSEE code

Local government and primary school

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Vieux-Lixheim (German Altlixheim ) is a French commune with 256 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins .

geography

Vieux-Lixheim is located about eight kilometers northeast of Sarrebourg at an altitude between 267 and 337 m above sea level, the mean height is 300 m. The municipality covers 6.45 km². The Bruch farm ( Bruchmühle ) also belongs to the municipality .

Neighboring communities of Vieux-Lixheim are Rauwiller and Schalbach in the north, Lixheim in the east, Brouviller in the southeast, Réding in the south and Hilbesheim in the west.

history

The origins of Altlixheim are closely linked to the Lixheim Monastery , a Benedictine monastery that was founded in 1107 and closed in 1550. Between 1629 and 1702 the place belonged to the Principality of Lixheim. Altlixheim was destroyed in the Thirty Years War.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2011
Residents 226 199 194 196 197 204 242 251

Attractions

  • Saint-Adelphe Church, built in 1830
Saint-Adelphe Church

Web links

Commons : Vieux-Lixheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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