Zoufftgen

Zoufftgen (French pronunciation: [zufgən];^[3][4] German: Suftgen, Luxembourgish: Suuftgen [ˈzuːftɕən]) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Zoufftgen
Commune
The mairie (town hall) in Zoufftgen
Coat of arms
Location of Zoufftgen
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Coordinates: 49°27′47″N 6°08′01″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Yutz
Intercommunality	Cattenom et Environs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Paquet[1]
Area 1	16.7 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,271
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Zoufftgenois, Zoufftgenoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57764 /57330
Elevation	200–395 m (656–1,296 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 600 —     1800 682 +1.85% 1806 550 −3.52% 1821 742 +2.02% 1836 719 −0.21% 1841 731 +0.33% 1861 702 −0.20% 1866 729 +0.76% 1871 637 −2.66% 1875 605 −1.28% 1880 593 −0.40% 1885 615 +0.73% 1890 615 +0.00% 1895 628 +0.42% 1900 626 −0.06% 1905 596 −0.98%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1910 637 +1.34% 1921 600 −0.54% 1926 614 +0.46% 1931 571 −1.44% 1936 544 −0.96% 1946 395 −3.15% 1954 431 +1.10% 1962 470 +1.09% 1968 455 −0.54% 1975 490 +1.06% 1982 664 +4.44% 1990 597 −1.32% 1999 608 +0.20% 2009 811 +2.92% 2014 1,097 +6.23% 2020 1,253 +2.24%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

2006 rail crash

Main article: 2006 Zoufftgen train collision

On the morning of 11 October 2006 a passenger train and a goods train collided head-on, killing six people.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department