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Créhange

Coordinates: 49°03′49″N 6°34′58″E / 49.0636°N 6.5828°E / 49.0636; 6.5828
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Créhange
The church in Créhange
The church in Créhange
Coat of arms of Créhange
Location of Créhange
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Créhange is located in France
Créhange
Créhange
Créhange is located in Grand Est
Créhange
Créhange
Coordinates: 49°03′49″N 6°34′58″E / 49.0636°N 6.5828°E / 49.0636; 6.5828
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementForbach-Boulay-Moselle
CantonFaulquemont
IntercommunalityCC District urbain de Faulquemont
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) François Lavergne[1]
Area
1
10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,799
 • Density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57159 /57690
Elevation232–388 m (761–1,273 ft)
(avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Ruin of the castle of Créhange

Créhange (French pronunciation: [kʁe.ɑ̃ʒ]; Lorraine Franconian: Krischingen, German: Kriechingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The writer Joël Egloff (born 1970) was born in Créhange.

Until 1793, Créhange was the capital of the County of Kriechingen, a state of the Holy Roman Empire.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,569—    
1975 3,355−0.88%
1982 4,017+2.61%
1990 3,854−0.52%
1999 3,891+0.11%
2007 3,974+0.26%
2012 4,010+0.18%
2017 3,868−0.72%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

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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 légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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