Faulquemont
Faulquemont | |
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The church in Faulquemont | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Faulquemont | |
Faulquemont Faulquemont | |
| Coordinates: 49°02′38″N 6°36′01″E / 49.0439°N 6.6003°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Faulquemont |
| Intercommunality | District Urbain de Faulquemont |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Béatrice Kempenich[1] |
Area 1 | 18.79 km2 (7.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,154 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57209 /57380 |
| Elevation | 241–401 m (791–1,316 ft) (avg. 334 m or 1,096 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Faulquemont (French pronunciation: [folkəmɔ̃]; Lorraine Franconian: Folkenburch; German: Falkenberg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Localities of the commune: Bonhouse (German: Bohnhaus), Chémery (a.k.a. Chémery-lès-Faulquemont, incorporated in 1973, German: Schemmerich).
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 5,543 | — |
| 1975 | 5,533 | −0.03% |
| 1982 | 5,873 | +0.86% |
| 1990 | 5,432 | −0.97% |
| 1999 | 5,478 | +0.09% |
| 2007 | 5,502 | +0.05% |
| 2012 | 5,459 | −0.16% |
| 2017 | 5,306 | −0.57% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- Media related to Faulquemont at Wikimedia Commons