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Enchenberg (French pronunciation: ​[ɛnʃənbɛʁɡ][3][4] or [ɑ̃ʃɑ̃bɛʁ];[5][6] Lorraine Franconian: Enschebärsch) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

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Enchenberg
Commune
St. Verena's Chapel
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Location of Enchenberg
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Coordinates: 49°01′00″N 7°20′00″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Bitche
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Veronique Wittmann[1]
Area 1	9.73 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,239
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57192 /57415
Elevation	252–408 m (827–1,339 ft) (avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)
Website	www.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

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.[7] 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[8]

Administration

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).[9]

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.[10]

List of successive mayors

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From	To	Name	Party	Position
1989	2008	Raymond Rimlinger	DVG	General counsel
2008	2011	Thierry Beck
2011	2014	Laurent Hen
2014	2020	Bernard Fath
2020	2026	Veronique Wittmann

Population

In 2017 the commune had 1,239 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,277	—
1975	1,214	−0.72%
1982	1,142	−0.87%
1990	1,197	+0.59%
1999	1,192	−0.05%
2007	1,217	+0.26%
2012	1,277	+0.97%
2017	1,239	−0.60%
Source: INSEE[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

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). Vol. 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).

Related articles

• Communes of the Moselle department
• Pays de Bitche

References

External links

• "Enchenberg's official website" (in French).
• "Enchenberg". annuaire-mairie.fr (in French).
• "Enchenberg". bitscherland.fr (in French).
• "Enchenberg". geneawiki.com (in French).

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