Saint-Avold
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Location within Lorraine region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach |
| Canton | Saint-Avold-1 and Saint-Avold-2 |
| Intercommunality | Pays naborien |
| Mayor | André Wojciechowski (PR) (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 215–383 m (705–1,257 ft) |
| Land area1 | 35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 17,406 (2006) |
| - Density | 491 /km2 (1,270 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57606/ 57500 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 49°03′19″N 6°42′26″E / 49.0554°N 6.7072°E
Saint-Avold (German: Sankt Avold) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.
It is situated twenty-eight miles (45 km) east of Metz and seventeen miles (27 km) southwest of Saarbrücken.
Just north of the town is the site of Europe's largest American World War II military cemetery, the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, with 10,489 graves of Americans who died during World War II.
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- Saint-Avold, France Web site
- Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
- Saint-Avold Basilica
- Sociéte d'Histoire du Pays Naborien
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