Creutzwald

Creutzwald
Creutzwald Lake
Creutzwald
Location within Lorraine region  Creutzwald
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Boulay-Moselle
Canton	Bouzonville
Intercommunality	Warndt
Mayor	Jean-Luc Wozniak (2007–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	198–334 m (650–1,096 ft) (avg. 219 m/719 ft)
Land area1	26.72 km2 (10.32 sq mi)
Population2	14,360  (1999)
- Density	537 /km2 (1,390 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57160/ 57150
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°12′00″N 6°41′00″E / 49.2°N 6.6833333°E / 49.2; 6.6833333

Creutzwald is a commune in the Moselle département in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

With Germany, it manages the Warndt forest.

History

The town was formed in 1810, by the merging of the three villages of La Croix, La Houve, and Wilhelmsbronn. It continued to be known as Creutzwald-la-Croix until 1961, when the name was simplified. Until that point, it had been redundant, as the German word Kreuz, and French Croix both mean "cross".

Creutzwald was the last town in France to have a working coal mine, in La Houve, which closed on 23 April 2004.

Administration

Together with the municipalities of Bisten-en-Lorraine, Guerting, Ham-sous-Varsberg and Varsberg, it forms the Communauté de communes of Warndt. Although Creutzwald is the largest town in terms of population in its Canton, the administrative centre is Bouzonville. This is due to demographic changes since the 19th century, as in 1885, there were 1698 inhabitants in Bouzonville, and only 1493 in Creutzwald.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

External links

• Creutzwald Webzine (News media)