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Commune in Grand Est, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Créhange (French pronunciation: [kʁe.ɑ̃ʒ]; Lorraine Franconian: Krischingen, German: Kriechingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The writer Joël Egloff (born 1970) was born in Créhange.
Créhange | |
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Coordinates: 49°03′49″N 6°34′58″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Moselle |
Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
Canton | Faulquemont |
Intercommunality | CC District urbain de Faulquemont |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | François Lavergne[1] |
Area 1 | 10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,799 |
• Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 57159 /57690 |
Elevation | 232–388 m (761–1,273 ft) (avg. 325 m or 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. |
Until 1793, Créhange was the capital of the County of Kriechingen, a state of the Holy Roman Empire.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 3,569 | — |
1975 | 3,355 | −0.88% |
1982 | 4,017 | +2.61% |
1990 | 3,854 | −0.52% |
1999 | 3,891 | +0.11% |
2007 | 3,974 | +0.26% |
2012 | 4,010 | +0.18% |
2017 | 3,868 | −0.72% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
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