Creutzwald

Creutzwald
Creutzwald Lake Creutzwald Lake
Coat of arms of Creutzwald Coat of arms
Creutzwald
Location within Lorraine region Creutzwald
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton	Boulay-Moselle
Intercommunality	Warndt
Government
• Mayor (2007–2008)	Jean-Luc Wozniak
Area1	26.72 km2 (10.32 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	14,360
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57160 / 57150
Elevation	198–334 m (650–1,096 ft) (avg. 219 m or 719 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.

Creutzwald is a commune in the Moselle département in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-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)