Vaudreching
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Bouzonville | |
| Community association | Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 17 ′ N , 6 ° 31 ′ E | |
| height | 195-283 m | |
| surface | 4.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 532 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 113 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57320 | |
| INSEE code | 57700 | |
Vaudreching ( Wallachian in Lorraine ) is a French commune with 532 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2015 ). The place is on the Nied next to Bouzonville (road D3 towards Boulay-Moselle and Metz ), not far from the Lorraine border with Saarland .
History of the place name
In 1179 the place was first mentioned as Valdraca or Waldraca . Later known variants of names were Valdercka (1210), Waldinga (1314), Waldrick (1319), Valdergyen (1450), Walderca and Walderchen (1544), Weyllingn (1594), Valerchen (1599), Valderchen (1606), Vallerka (1633) and finally Valdrechen . The current name did not appear until 1741, but without the "g": Vaudrechin . Shortly before the French Revolution , the current spelling Vaudreching appeared in 1779 . From 1871 to 1918 the place had the German name Wallerchen , from 1941 to 1944 then Waldreich (derived from the historical Waldrick ).
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2015 |
| Residents | 461 | 526 | 513 | 511 | 530 | 510 | 540 | 551 |
Worth seeing
Every year at Christmas time, a huge nativity scene is set up in the choir room of the Saint-Remi church and attracts many visitors, including from neighboring Saarland. Festive lighting, Christmas music and moving scenes can be switched on by inserting coins.
