Danne-et-Quatre-Vents (French pronunciation: [dan e katʁ vɑ̃]; German: Dann und Vierwinden) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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 The town hall in Danne-et-Quatre-Vents | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Danne-et-Quatre-Vents  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°46′02″N 7°17′43″E / 48.7672°N 7.2953°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
| Canton | Phalsbourg |
| Intercommunality | CC du Pays de Phalsbourg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Jacob[1] |
Area 1 | 7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 673 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57168 /57370 |
| Elevation | 205–379 m (673–1,243 ft) (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editThe municipal territory is delimited from north-east to south-east by the departmental border that separates the Moselle from the Bas-Rhin. To the south, the river Zorn serves as a natural border between the communal territories of Danne and Hultehouse.
It is the only place where the altitude of the Lorraine plateau is equal to that of the Vosges Mountains. Therefor, this place has been for millennia, the privileged crossing between the Lorraine plateau and the plain of Alsace. Thus the Roman road, now a national road, is now doubled by the A4 motorway. The railway at the bottom of a valley passes the East European LGV through the Saverne tunnel, connecting Danne-et-Quatre-Vents to Saint-Jean-Saverne.
History
editThis commune is the result of the union of the village of Danne with the hamlet of Quatre-Vents. Its first lords were the Counts of Lutzelbourg, who sold it in 1611 to the House of Lorraine. A few decades later, in 1661, the Duchy of Lorraine ceded Danne-et-Quatre-Vents to the Kingdom of France in accordance with the Treaty of Vincennes.[3]
The commune was integrated into Alsace-Lorraine following the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, then returned to France following the First World War in 1918.
Historical, cultural and architectural heritage
editThe commune houses the chapel Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Fontaine, whose origin dates back to the Thirty Years' War. In 1638, the Croats destroyed the chapel. In 1715, it was rebuilt by soldiers healed of a serious illness in Phalsbourg.
The remains of a Roman road and a medieval fortified house of 1347 are observable in Danne-et-Quatre-Vents.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Henri Lepage, Le département de La Meurthe : statistique historique et administrative, deuxième partie, 1843
External links
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