Vittoncourt
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Faulquemont | |
| Community association | District Urbain de Faulquemont | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 ′ N , 6 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 221-277 m | |
| surface | 9.51 km 2 | |
| Residents | 375 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57580 | |
| INSEE code | 57726 | |
 Saint-Grégoire-1er church |
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Vittoncourt ( Lorraine Vitonco or Utonco ) is a French commune with 375 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ), about 23 kilometers east of Metz on the French Nied .
There was a Benedictine monastery in the village from 1126 to 1603 , the remains of which were destroyed in the Thirty Years War .
Vittoncourt has been part of France since 1769. From 1871–1918 it belonged again temporarily to the German Empire , but French remained the official and colloquial language.
From 1915 to 1918, the German authorities gave the community the invented name Wittenhofen , and then Wittenhofen an der Nied during the Nazi occupation (1940-44) .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 274 | 264 | 256 | 259 | 282 | 283 | 376 |
Attractions
- Saint-Grégoire-1er church
- Notre-Dame chapel in the Faux en Forêt district
Web links
Commons : Vittoncourt - collection of images, videos and audio files
