Montbronn
| Montbronn | ||
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  Montbronn | ||
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Location within Lorraine region  Montbronn | ||
| Coordinates: 48°59′42″N 7°18′38″E / 48.995°N 7.3106°ECoordinates: 48°59′42″N 7°18′38″E / 48.995°N 7.3106°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines | |
| Canton | Bitche | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (1977–2020) | Francis Sidot | |
| Area1 | 14.99 km2 (5.79 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 1,653 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57477 / 57415 | |
| Elevation |
238–381 m (781–1,250 ft) (avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Montbronn (German: Mombronn, Lorraine Franconian: Mumere) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of the 2013 France census, the village's population is 1,653.
Geography
Location
Located east of the Moselle department, the commune is part of the Pays de Bitche; It borders the neighboring Bas-Rhin department, territory also known as the Alsace bossue.
The village is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-west of Bitche, the county's chief town, 21.8 kilometres (13.5 mi) south-east of Sarreguemines, the arrondissement's subprefecture, about 83 kilometres (52 mi) east of Metz, the department's prefecture and about 56 kilometres (35 mi) north-west of Strasbourg, the region's prefecture.[1] Neighboring communes include Rahling to the west, Bining, Rohrbach-lès-Bitche and Enchenberg to the north, Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche and Meisenthal to the east, and Soucht to the south.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 960 | — |
| 1800 | 959 | −0.1% |
| 1806 | 1,323 | +38.0% |
| 1821 | 1,500 | +13.4% |
| 1836 | 1,595 | +6.3% |
| 1841 | 1,711 | +7.3% |
| 1861 | 1,739 | +1.6% |
| 1866 | 1,708 | −1.8% |
| 1871 | 1,618 | −5.3% |
| 1875 | 1,533 | −5.3% |
| 1880 | 1,430 | −6.7% |
| 1885 | 1,486 | +3.9% |
| 1890 | 1,538 | +3.5% |
| 1895 | 1,612 | +4.8% |
| 1900 | 1,623 | +0.7% |
| 1905 | 1,742 | +7.3% |
| 1910 | 1,757 | +0.9% |
| 1921 | 1,652 | −6.0% |
| 1926 | 1,657 | +0.3% |
| 1931 | 1,643 | −0.8% |
| 1936 | 1,673 | +1.8% |
| 1946 | 1,627 | −2.7% |
| 1954 | 1,540 | −5.3% |
| 1962 | 1,649 | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 1,755 | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 1,791 | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 1,743 | −2.7% |
| 1990 | 1,698 | −2.6% |
| 1999 | 1,668 | −1.8% |
| 2008 | 1,672 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,653 | −1.1% |
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Orthodromy". Lion1906 from Lionel Delvarre. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
