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Enchenberg

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Enchenberg
Commune
St. Verena's Chapel
St. Verena's Chapel
Coat of arms of Enchenberg
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Enchenberg
Enchenberg is located in France
Enchenberg
Enchenberg
Location within France
Enchenberg is located in Grand Est
Enchenberg
Enchenberg
Location within Grand Est
Coordinates: 49°01′00″N 7°20′00″E / 49.0167°N 7.3333°E / 49.0167; 7.3333
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementSarreguemines
CantonBitche
IntercommunalityCC du Pays de Bitche
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Veronique Wittmann[1]
Area
1
9.73 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
1,206
 • Density124/km2 (321/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57192 /57415
Elevation252–408 m (827–1,339 ft)
(avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)
Websitewww.enchenberg.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Enchenberg (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʃɑ̃bɛʁ][3][4] or [ɛnʃənbɛʁɡ];[5][6] Lorraine Franconian: Enschebärsch) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.

Geography

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Location

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Enchenberg's municipal territory

Located east of the Moselle department, the village is part of the Pays de Bitche. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south-west of Bitche, the county's chief town, 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) south-east of Sarreguemines, the arrondissement's subprefecture, about 85 kilometres (53 mi) east of Metz, the department's prefecture and about 57 kilometres (35 mi) north-west of Strasbourg, the region's prefecture.[7] Neighboring communes include Bining and Rohrbach-lès-Bitche to the west, Petit-Réderching, Siersthal and Lambach to the north, Lemberg to the east, and Montbronn and Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche to the south.

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Source:[8]

Administration

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Situation of Enchenberg (red) in the Bitche canton.

Canton and intercommunality

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Enchenberg is one of 46 communes in the canton of Bitche. Its general counsels since the French legislative election of 2012 are Anne Mazuy-Harter (DVD) and David Suck (UDI).[9]

The town is part of the Pays de Bitche federation of municipalities which as of 1 January 2017 consists of the same 46 communes as the canton. This grouping is headed by Francis Vogt, municipal counsel of Bitche.[10]

List of successive mayors

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FromToNamePartyPosition
19892008Raymond RimlingerDVGGeneral counsel
20082011Thierry Beck
20112014Laurent Hen
20142020Bernard Fath
20202026Veronique Wittmann

Population

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Enchenbergeois or Enchenbergeoises in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,277—    
1975 1,214−0.72%
1982 1,142−0.87%
1990 1,197+0.59%
1999 1,192−0.05%
2007 1,217+0.26%
2012 1,277+0.97%
2017 1,239−0.60%
2023 1,206−0.45%
Source: INSEE[11]

Local life

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Language

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The majority of the inhabitants can speak and/or understand German and also speak French. The local dialect is known as Lorraine Franconian. Lorraine Franconian is a dialect of German that has been spoken and developed in the region for over a thousand years.[12]

Education

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Enchenberg depends on the Academy of Nancy-Metz.[citation needed]

The village is provided with a preschool (French: école maternelle) and a primary school (French: école primaire).[citation needed]

Studies then go on at the collège La Paraison in Lemberg. To pursue their studies in high school, young Enchenbergeois mainly go to Bitche or Sarreguemines.[citation needed]

Health

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Nearby hospitals are located in Bitche, Ingwiller, Sarreguemines, Saverne, Haguenau and Strasbourg.[13]

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Beck, Joël (1988). Rohrbach-lès-Bitche et son canton (in French) (Éditions Pierron ed.). Sarreguemines.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Beck, Joël (1999). Moulins : huileries, tailleries, scieries du pays de Bitche (in French) (Éditions Pierron ed.). Sarreguemines.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Beck, Joël (2004). Le canton de Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (in French) (Éditions Sutton ed.).
  • Beck, Joël (2005). Le Pays de Bitche 1900-1939 (in French) (Éditions Sutton ed.).
  • Cochet, Jean Didier (2008). Plan local d'urbanisme d'Enchenberg [Rapport de présentation] (PDF) (in French). Laxou. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Glath, Paul-Édouard (1997). Du pays de Bitche en Charente-Maritime : Souvenirs de 1939-40 (in French).
  • Hiegel, Henri (1971). "Les noms de localités d'Enchenberg, Glasenberg, Lemberg et Mouterhouse". Le Pays de Bitche (in French). Vol. num. 3. pp. 8–11.
  • Jacops, Marie-France; Guillaume, Jacques; Hemmert, Didier (1998). Le Pays de Bitche (Moselle) (in French) (Éditions Serpenoise ed.). Metz. pp. 46–48.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Kochert, Francis; Michaux, Laurette; Michaux, Gérard (2008). Moselle : Metz et le pays messin, pays de Bitche, Nied, Sarrebourg, Saulnois, trois frontières et bassin houiller (in French).
  • Schaefer, Joseph (2004). Le Pays de Bitche, passionnément (in French).
  • Schutz, André (1992). Bitche et son pays (in French).
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References

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  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Un foodtruck de Noël pour aider les sinistrés des inondations, 6 December 2021, retrieved 12 January 2022
  4. ↑ Premier conseil municipal junior à Enchenberg, 8 April 2022, retrieved 17 June 2022
  5. ↑ Concours d'obstacles National Pro 2 au Laurentides - Barrage 135, 10 July 2015, retrieved 12 January 2022
  6. ↑ Madame le Maire : Portrait de Véronique Wittmann, 23 July 2020, retrieved 12 January 2022
  7. ↑ "Quelques villes proches d'Enchenberg". Villorama. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Google Maps
  9. ↑ "County Council". moselle.fr. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "The community of communes's elected representatives". Pays de Bitche community of communes's website. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  12. ↑ S. Legrand - according to the INSEE's numbers.
  13. ↑ "Nearest hospitals from Enchenberg". medecin-360.fr. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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