Durningen

Durningen

Dírnínge
Durningen Dírnínge
Commune
	The town hall in Durningen
	Coat of arms
	Location of Durningen
	Durningen Durningen
	Coordinates: 48°41′02″N 7°34′05″E / 48.6839°N 7.5681°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Bouxwiller
Intercommunality	CC Kochersberg
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Gabrielle Fiacre
Area 1	4.02 km2 (1.55 sq mi)
Population (2021)	676
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67109 /67270
Elevation	179–274 m (587–899 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Durningen (Dürningen in German, Dírnínge in Alsatian) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

It is the highest-situated commune in the Kochersberg natural region.

The name is first recorded in 724 as Deorangus, subsequently as Teuringas (742), Thurinca (787), Thuringen (1276), and finally Turningen / Durningen (1371).

In the Middle Ages, Durningen was part of the domain of Hanau-Lichtenberg and belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg.