Achen, Moselle

For other uses, see Achen.

Achen
Commune
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Location of Achen
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Coordinates: 49°02′39″N 7°11′01″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Bitche
Intercommunality	Pays de Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Laurent Schrub
Area 1	12.12 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Population  (2016)	1,007
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57006 /57412
Elevation	225–336 m (738–1,102 ft) (avg. 255 m or 837 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Achen (Lorraine Franconian: Ache, German: Achen) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche.

The Japanologist René Sieffert (1923–2004) was born in Achen

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	989	—
2007	996	+0.7%
2008	998	+0.2%
2009	1,009	+1.1%
2010	1,010	+0.1%
2011	1,010	+0.0%
2012	1,011	+0.1%
2013	998	−1.3%
2014	999	+0.1%
2015	1,003	+0.4%
2016	1,007	+0.4%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	2017	Marine Le Pen	FN	51.37
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	69.97
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	66.83
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	77.83

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

References

• INSEE statistics