Delme, Moselle

Delme
Delme
	Commune
	The church in Delme
	Coat of arms
	Location of Delme
	Delme Delme
	Coordinates: 48°53′16″N 6°23′35″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Le Saulnois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roland Geis
Area 1	5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	1,124
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57171 /57590
Elevation	208–280 m (682–919 ft) ; (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Delme (German: Delm) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was the center of the canton of Delme until 2015. It had a population of 989 in 2010.

Geography

Delme is located in 31 km to the southeast from Metz and approximately at the same distance from Nancy. Next communes: Tincry and Prévocourt in the northeast, Viviers and Fonteny in the east, Donjeux, Laneuveville-en-Saulnois and Oriocourt in the southeast, Lemoncourt in the south, Puzieux, Alaincourt-la-Côte, Liocourt and Xocourt in the northwest.

Victor Lemoine (1823—1911). Famous French selector of ornamental plants who in particular created many grades of a lilac.

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