Buhl-Lorraine

Coordinates: 48°43′31″N 7°05′07″E / 48.7253°N 7.0853°E / 48.7253; 7.0853
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Buhl-Lorraine
The church in Buhl-Lorraine
The church in Buhl-Lorraine
Coat of arms of Buhl-Lorraine
Location of Buhl-Lorraine
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Buhl-Lorraine is located in France
Buhl-Lorraine
Buhl-Lorraine
Buhl-Lorraine is located in Grand Est
Buhl-Lorraine
Buhl-Lorraine
Coordinates: 48°43′31″N 7°05′07″E / 48.7253°N 7.0853°E / 48.7253; 7.0853
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementSarrebourg-Château-Salins
CantonSarrebourg
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Franck Klein[1]
Area
1
11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,196
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57119 /57400
Elevation248–325 m (814–1,066 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buhl-Lorraine (French pronunciation: [byl lɔʁɛn]; German: Bühl am Kanal) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Geography[edit]

The village is located in Lorraine, as its name suggests, more specifically in South Moselle.

Buhl-Lorraine is located 3 miles from Sarrebourg. Its elevation is about 260 meters.

The municipality is crossed by the Bièvre, tributary of the Saar.

Population[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 652—    
1975 768+2.37%
1982 786+0.33%
1990 817+0.48%
1999 1,037+2.68%
2007 1,118+0.94%
2012 1,239+2.08%
2017 1,214−0.41%
Source: INSEE[3]

Toponymy[edit]

The name of the village come from the germanic word, bühel or bühl, which means "hill"[4].

Ancient names:[5] Büle during the 15th, Buhel in 1525, Bill in 1526, Biel in 1751, Biel or Bihle in 1779, Bilh in 1790, Bille in 1793, Bühl between 1871-1918, Buhl-Lorraine in 1920, Bühl am Kanal between 1940-1944.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Nègre, Ernest (1996). Toponymie générale de la France / 2. Formations non-romanes, formations dialectales (2. tirage ed.). Genève: Droz. ISBN 2-600-00133-6. OCLC 174640771.
  5. ^ Lepage, Henri (1862). Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe (in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.

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