Algrange

Algrange
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Coat of arms of Algrange Coat of arms
Algrange
Location within Lorraine region Algrange
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Algrange
Intercommunality	Val de Fensch
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Peron
Area1	6.96 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	6,364
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57012 / 57440
Elevation	221–405 m (725–1,329 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
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.

Algrange (Lorraine Franconian: Oolgréngen/Algréngen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in northeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	264	—
1800	200	−24.2%
1806	217	+8.5%
1836	334	+53.9%
1841	341	+2.1%
1861	357	+4.7%
1866	335	−6.2%
1871	367	+9.6%
1875	364	−0.8%
1880	404	+11.0%
1885	1,151	+184.9%
1890	1,943	+68.8%
1895	2,382	+22.6%
1900	5,230	+119.6%
1905	7,575	+44.8%
1910	9,475	+25.1%
1914	11,500	+21.4%
1921	6,947	−39.6%
1926	9,528	+37.2%
1931	10,175	+6.8%
1936	7,953	−21.8%
1946	7,877	−1.0%
1954	8,417	+6.9%
1962	9,163	+8.9%
1968	8,658	−5.5%
1975	7,658	−11.6%
1982	6,767	−11.6%
1990	6,325	−6.5%
1999	6,198	−2.0%
2006	6,326	+2.1%
2009	6,364	+0.6%

Personalities

• Hervé Laborne (born 7 October 1946), electrical engineer and President of university.
• Adolf Wagner (1 October 1890 - 12 April 1944) : Gauleiter of the Gau München-Oberbayern.
• Josef Wagner (12 January 1899 – 22 April or 2 May 1945): Gauleiter of the Gau of Westphalia-South.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

References

• INSEE statistics