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Goetzenbruck or Gœtzenbruck (French pronunciation: ​[ɡœtsənbʁyk]; German: Götzenbrück; Lorraine Franconian: Getzebrikk) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

Goetzenbruck
Commune
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Location of Goetzenbruck
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Coordinates: 48°58′41″N 7°22′50″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Bitche
Intercommunality	Pays de Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Romang
Area 1	8.12 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	1,494
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57250 /57620
Elevation	260–432 m (853–1,417 ft) (avg. 386 m or 1,266 ft)
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 1,608. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Goetzenbruckois and Goetzenbruckoises.

The present municipality of Goetzenbruck was originally divided into three municipalities. They underwent several changes before the two remaining municipalities of Goetzenbruck and Sarreinsberg merged in 1947 (the latter had already merged with the third municipality, Althorn, back in 1837).

See also

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• Communes of the Moselle department

References

External links

• Goetzenbruck (fr)

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