Bouzonville
Bouzonville | |
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Coordinates: 49°17′33″N 6°32′06″E / 49.2925°N 6.535°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Moselle |
Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
Canton | Bouzonville |
Intercommunality | Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Armel Chabane[1] |
Area 1 | 13.9 km2 (5.4 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,929 |
• Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 57106 /57320 |
Elevation | 192–310 m (630–1,017 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bouzonville (French pronunciation: [buzɔ̃vil]; German: Busendorf; Lorraine Franconian: Busendroff) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The localities of Aidling, Benting and Heckling are incorporated in the commune. It lies 35 km (22 mi) from Metz and the same distance from Thionville.
History
Built on the "
The village owes its real origins to the abbey founded here in 1033 by Adalbert, count of Metz and Juditha his wife;[
The town suffered so severely during the
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 3,763 | — |
1975 | 4,232 | +1.69% |
1982 | 4,285 | +0.18% |
1990 | 4,148 | −0.41% |
1999 | 4,117 | −0.08% |
2007 | 4,178 | +0.18% |
2012 | 4,033 | −0.70% |
2017 | 3,947 | −0.43% |
Source: INSEE[10] |
Transport
Bouzonville station is served by the Nied Valley Railway (Niedtalbahn) and, until 1945, saw regular passenger services ran to
Notable people
The renowned organ-builders Jean-Baptiste Stoltz and Georges Wenner were both born in Bouzonville in 1813 and 1819.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- Reginald A. Smith, in British Museum Quarterly 4 (1929) and in Archaeologia 79 (1929) pp 1-12, with 14 illustrations; Josef Strzygowski, "Amerasiatic and Indogermanic Art" The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 68 No. 394 (January 1936), pp. 46-51, illustrated.
- ^ Bouzonville official website Archived May 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine; see also Ernest de Bouteiller, Dictionnaire topographique de l'ancienne département de Moselle, 1874, "Introduction" p. xl, which gives "Bouzonville, de Bosonis villa".
- ^ Migne, Index 3, Index Monasteriorum, 1030, noted by M. Amelia Klenke, "Nicholas Bozon" Modern Language Notes 69.4 (April 1954, pp. 256-260) p. 257.
- Order of Saint Benedict[founded] in the year 1033 by Juditha wife of count Adalbert."
- ^ Migne, Patrologiae cursus completus, "Urbanae II papae" cciii, col. 476. Today Juviniacum is Sainte-Euphémie; "Au XIe siècle, la terre Juviniacensis comprenait Ars et Saint Didier de Formans. Un puissant prieuré y était installé." (Valentin-Smith, quoted in La Dombes, une terre historique qui reste encore à découvrir.
- ^ In 1699 the theologian and historian Matthieu Petit-Didier was canonically elected Abbot of Bouzonville, but could not take possession because the Duke of Lorraine had given the abbey in commendam to his brother. (Catholic Encyclopedia: "Matthieu Petit-Didier").
- ^ Documented in Les frontaliers mosellans travaillant en Sarre 1966.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE