Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʁbak lɛ bitʃ], literally Rohrbach near Bitche; German: Rohrbach bei Bitsch; Lorraine Franconian: Roerbach) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche | |
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 The Ouvrage Rohrbach | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche  | |
  Rohrbach-lès-Bitche  Rohrbach-lès-Bitche | |
| Coordinates: 49°02′46″N 7°15′56″E / 49.0461°N 7.2656°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines |
| Canton | Bitche |
| Intercommunality | CC du Pays de Bitche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Gabriel Scheh[1] |
| Area 1 | 13.28 km2 (5.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,298 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57589 /57410 |
| Elevation | 252–384 m (827–1,260 ft) (avg. 306 m or 1,004 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche.
Geography
editRohrbach-lès-Bitche is crossed from west to east by the road connecting Sarreguemines to Bitche. The road towards Sarre-Union branches off in the centre of the village.
Located in the open country, at an elevation of around 260 metres, the village is dominated to the west by the 360-metre-tall Guckenberg, the last hill of the Lorraine plateau. It is one of the earliest villages of the Pays de Bitche. The Vosges pink sandstone appears on the outskirts of the commune, but is mostly covered by forest.
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,623 | — |
| 1975 | 1,797 | +1.47% |
| 1982 | 2,019 | +1.68% |
| 1990 | 2,113 | +0.57% |
| 1999 | 2,115 | +0.01% |
| 2007 | 2,153 | +0.22% |
| 2012 | 2,079 | −0.70% |
| 2017 | 2,283 | +1.89% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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