Enchenberg

Enchenberg (in both French and German, Lorraine Franconian: Enschebärsch) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

Enchenberg
Commune
St. Verena's Chapel
Coat of arms
Location of Enchenberg
Enchenberg
Enchenberg
Coordinates: 49°01′00″N 7°20′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementSarreguemines
CantonBitche
IntercommunalityCC du Pays de Bitche
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Bernard Fath
Area
1
9.73 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,239
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57192 /57415
Elevation252–408 m (827–1,339 ft)
(avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)
Websitewww.enchenberg.fr
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 and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of the 2013 France census, the village's population is 1,272. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Enchenbergeois or Enchenbergeoises.

Geography

Location
Enchenberg's municipal territory

Located east of the Moselle department, the village is part of the Pays de Bitche. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south-west of Bitche, the county's chief town, 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) south-east of Sarreguemines, the arrondissement's subprefecture, about 85 kilometres (53 mi) east of Metz, the department's prefecture and about 57 kilometres (35 mi) north-west of Strasbourg, the region's prefecture.[2] Neighboring communes include Bining and Rohrbach-lès-Bitche to the west, Petit-Réderching, Siersthal and Lambach to the north, Lemberg to the east, and Montbronn and Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche to the south.

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Administration
Situation of Enchenberg (red) in the Bitche canton.

Canton and intercommunality

Enchenberg is one of 46 communes in the canton of Bitche. Its general counsels since the French legislative election of 2012 are Anne Mazuy-Harter (DVD) and David Suck (UDI).[4]

The town is part of the Pays de Bitche federation of municipalities which as of January 1, 2017 consists of the same 46 communes as the canton. This grouping is headed by Francis Vogt, municipal counsel of Bitche.[5]

List of successive mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
19892008Raymond RimlingerDVGGeneral counsel
20082011Thierry Beck
20112014Laurent Hen
20142020Bernard Fath

(Not all data is known)

Population

In 2017 the commune had 1,239 inhabitants.

Local life

Language

The majority of the inhabitants can speak and/or understand German and also speak French. The local dialect is known as Lorraine Franconian. Lorraine Franconian is a dialect of German that has been spoken and developed in the region for over a thousand years.[6]

Education

Enchenberg depends on the Academy of Nancy-Metz.

The village is provided with a preschool (French: école maternelle) and a primary school (French: école primaire).

Studies then go on at the collège La Paraison in Lemberg. To pursue their studies in high school, young Enchenbergeois mainly go to Bitche or Sarreguemines.

Health

Nearby hospitals are located in Bitche, Ingwiller, Sarreguemines, Saverne, Haguenau and Strasbourg.[7]

See also

Bibliography
  • Beck, Joël (1988). Rohrbach-lès-Bitche et son canton (in French) (Éditions Pierron ed.). Sarreguemines.
  • Beck, Joël (1999). Moulins : huileries, tailleries, scieries du pays de Bitche (in French) (Éditions Pierron ed.). Sarreguemines.
  • Beck, Joël (2004). Le canton de Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (in French) (Éditions Sutton ed.).
  • Beck, Joël (2005). Le Pays de Bitche 1900-1939 (in French) (Éditions Sutton ed.).
  • Cochet, Jean Didier (2008). Plan local d'urbanisme d'Enchenberg [Rapport de présentation] (PDF) (in French). Laxou.
  • Glath, Paul-Édouard (1997). Du pays de Bitche en Charente-Maritime : Souvenirs de 1939-40 (in French).
  • Hiegel, Henri (1971). "Les noms de localités d'Enchenberg, Glasenberg, Lemberg et Mouterhouse". Le Pays de Bitche (in French). num. 3. pp. 8–11.
  • Jacops, Marie-France; Guillaume, Jacques; Hemmert, Didier (1998). Le Pays de Bitche (Moselle) (in French) (Éditions Serpenoise ed.). Metz. pp. 46–48.
  • Kochert, Francis; Michaux, Laurette; Michaux, Gérard (2008). Moselle : Metz et le pays messin, pays de Bitche, Nied, Sarrebourg, Saulnois, trois frontières et bassin houiller (in French).
  • Schaefer, Joseph (2004). Le Pays de Bitche, passionnément (in French).
  • Schutz, André (1992). Bitche et son pays (in French).

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Orthodromy". Lion1906 from Lionel Delvarre. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. Google Maps
  4. "County Council". moselle.fr. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  5. "The community of communes's elected representatives". Pays de Bitche community of communes's website. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  6. S. Legrand - according to the INSEE's numbers.
  7. "Nearest hospitals from Enchenberg". medecin-360.fr. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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