Sarreguemines
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Commune of Sarreguemines View of the Saar River and the casino in Sarreguemines |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Lorraine |
| Département | Moselle (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences |
| Mayor | Céleste Lett (2001-2008) |
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| Land area¹ | 29.67 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
23,202 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Postal code | 57200 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Sarreguemines (German Saargemünd) is a town and commune in the Moselle département, in Lorraine, northeastern France. It is the chief town of an arrondissement.
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[edit] Geography
Sarreguemines is located at the confluence of the Blies and the Saar, 40 miles east of Metz, 60 miles northwest of Strasbourg by rail, and at the junction of the lines to Trier and Saarburg. Traditionally Saareguemines was the head of river navigation on the Saar, its importance being a depot where boats were unloaded.
[edit] Administration
Sarreguemines is the chief town of two cantons:
- the canton of Sarreguemines, comprising the sole commune of Sarreguemines
- the canton of Sarreguemines-Campagne, comprising 21 nearby communes
[edit] History
Saargemund, originally a Roman settlement, obtained civic rights early in the 13th century. In 1297 it was ceded by the count of Saarbucken to the Duke of Lorraine, and passed with Lorraine in 1766 to France.
It was transferred to Germany in 1871, with the Treaty of Frankfurt following the Franco-Prussian War. From 1871 to 1918 it formed part of Germany, in the imperial province of Alsace-Lorraine and manufactured plush velvet, leather, porcelain and earthenware, and was a chief depot for papier-mâché boxes, mostly used for snuffboxes. It was returned to France after World War I.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Sarreguemines was the birthplace of Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet (1766-1823), Peer of France and a French stateman.
[edit] External links
- http://realtravel.com/sarreguemines-lorraine-travel-guide-d1772892-1.html
- http://www.travelpost.com/EU/France/Lorraine/Saargemund/6224215
- http://www.voyage-scolaire.com/france/sarregms/index.html
- http://www.sarreguemines-museum.com
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
