Hampont

Hampont
Hampont
Commune
	The church in Hampont
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hampont
	Hampont Location within France Hampont Location within Grand Est
	Coordinates: 48°50′11″N 6°34′58″E / 48.8364°N 6.5828°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Le Saulnois
Intercommunality	CC du Saulnois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Scherrer
Area 1	11.23 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Population (2023)	167
• Density	14.9/km2 (38.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57290 /57170
Elevation	207–321 m (679–1,053 ft) ; (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hampont (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃pɔ̃]) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

History

SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke (1892–1943), second commandant of the Dachau concentration camp, was born here in 1892.

The town was formally known by the German name Hudingen between 1871 and 1918 and Hüdingen between 1940 and 1944.

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.