Rahling (French pronunciation: ​[ʁalɛ̃]; German: Rahlingen; Lorraine Franconian: Rahlinge) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

Rahling
Commune
The chapel in Rahling
Coat of arms
Location of Rahling
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Coordinates: 48°59′34″N 7°12′55″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Bitche
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claude Bach[1]
Area 1	21.3 km2 (8.2 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	737
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57561 /57410
Elevation	234–366 m (768–1,201 ft) (avg. 242 m or 794 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.

In 2010 the commune had 813 inhabitants (density: 38.2 people per km²).

See also

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• Communes of the Moselle department

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