Gondrexange
Gondrexange | |
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 The railway station in Gondrexange | |
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Location of Gondrexange  | |
  Gondrexange  Gondrexange | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′06″N 6°55′42″E / 48.685°N 6.9283°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
| Canton | Sarrebourg |
| Intercommunality | Sarrebourg - Moselle Sud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Staub[1] |
| Area 1 | 22.88 km2 (8.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 505 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57253 /57815 |
| Elevation | 266–319 m (873–1,047 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Gondrexange (French pronunciation: [ɡɔ̃dʁɛksɑ̃ʒ]; German: Gunderchingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Geography
[edit]This municipality is located in the historic region of Lorraine and is part of the pays de Sarrebourg.
The Gondrexange stream has its source in the commune of Réchicourt-le-Château and flows into the Saar at Imling, after passing through seven communes.
Gondrexange is part of the Lorraine Regional Natural Park.[3]
Although the commune is crossed by the Paris-Strasbourg railway line, its train station is nowadays closed.
Toponymy
[edit]Former names:[4] 1240 : Gundersingen, 1246: Guntersingen, 1401–1402: Gunnedrakin, Gunnedrekin et Gunedrekin, 1460: Gondresenges, Gunderchingen et Gundeschingen, 1461: Gondressanges, 1519: Gondrechingen, 1751: Gunderichingen seu Gondrechanges, 1793: Gondrexauge, 1801: Gondrexange, 1915–1918 et 1940–1944: Gunderchingen.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Décret n° 2015-73 du 27 janvier 2015 portant renouvellement du classement du parc naturel régional de Lorraine (région Lorraine)". Légifrance (in French). 29 January 2015.
- ^ Lepage, Henri (1862). Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe (in French). Paris: Imprimerie Impériale.
External links
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Media related to Gondrexange at Wikimedia Commons
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