Schneckenbusch – Schneggebesch in Rhine Franconian and Alemannic – is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The word Schneckenbusch is German for "snails bush".
Schneckenbusch | |
|---|---|
_mairie.jpg) The town hall in Schneckenbusch | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Schneckenbusch  | |
  Schneckenbusch  Schneckenbusch | |
| Coordinates: 48°42′17″N 7°04′42″E / 48.7047°N 7.0783°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
| Canton | Phalsbourg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Rémy Bier[1] |
Area 1 | 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 310 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57637 /57400 |
| Elevation | 259–324 m (850–1,063 ft) (avg. 280 m or 920 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editSchneckenbusch is a little village in the south-east of Sarrebourg. The village is crossed by a little river, the Bièvre, which rises from the bottom of the Vosges Mountains. Schneckenbusch is too crossed by the Marne-Rhine Canal who opened in 1853.
The commune is situated at 47 miles from Strasbourg, 50 miles from Saarbrücken, 56 miles from Nancy and 78 miles from Metz.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
edit
Media related to Schneckenbusch at Wikimedia Commons
