Willerwald
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines | |
| Canton | Sarreguemines | |
| Community association | Sarreguemines Confluences | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 2 ′ N , 7 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 206-265 m | |
| surface | 6.31 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,544 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 245 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57430 | |
| INSEE code | 57746 | |
 Rue Principale in Willerwald, in the background the church of St. Nicolas |
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Willerwald is a French commune with 1544 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Sarreguemines arrondissement and the Sarreguemines Confluences municipality .
geography
The community of Willerwald is about 30 meters above the Saar Valley , between the cities of Sarralbe (German Saaralben ) and Saargemünd . The 6.3 km² municipal area on the border with the Bas-Rhin department is drained by the Hoppbach , the Waldscheingraben and the Dorrenbach . Willerwald is surrounded by three larger forest areas (the Saaralber forest , the Hambach forest and the Saargemünder forest ), but the municipality has no part in this. Through the south of the municipal area leads Saar channel (Canal of Houillères de la Sarre) which are heavily meandering Saar forms the southern boundaries.
Neighboring communities of Willerwald are Hambach in the north, Herbitzheim in the east and Sarralbe in the south and west.
history
The place first appears as Wilre in a document in 1240. It was owned by the Lords of Sarralbe, and at times also subordinated to the Bishops of Metz. After the settlement fell into desolation in the 16th century, it was re-established in 1618 under its current name as a typical street village. In 1793 and 1801 the place name still had the spellings Willerwaldt and Villervald . No buildings from the founding time have survived. In place of the church built in 1911 in neo-Gothic style with a 60-meter-high tower and destroyed in 1940, the Saint-Nicolas church, which was built in 1955, stands today. The street name Rue de la Gare is reminiscent of the former Willerwald train station on the Sarralbe-Hambach line, which is still used for freight traffic today .
Population development
Since the 1960s, Willerwald has recorded continuous population growth due to its proximity to large industrial parks.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | ||
| 933 | 934 | 988 | 1132 | 1173 | 1225 | 1432 | 1544 | ||
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Nicolas church from 1955
Economy and Infrastructure
The community is mainly home to many employees from the nearby businesses, including Smartville and the Ineos Group's petrochemical plant . Eight farms are located in Willerwald (horse and cattle breeding).
The heavily frequented national road 61 ( Saarbrücken - Phalsbourg ) leads through Willerwald . The municipality also has a direct connection to the Paris-Strasbourg motorway (connection Sarreguemines ). Willerwald station was on the Berthelming – Sarreguemines railway line .
supporting documents
- ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Willerwald on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Willerwald on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
