Créhange Explained

Créhange
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Créhange (Moselle).svg
Arrondissement:Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton:Faulquemont
Insee:57159
Postal Code:57690
Mayor:François Lavergne[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC District urbain de Faulquemont
Coordinates:49.0636°N 6.5828°W
Elevation M:325
Elevation Min M:232
Elevation Max M:388
Area Km2:10.46

Créhange (in French pronounced as /kʁe.ɑ̃ʒ/; Lorraine Franconian: Krischingen, German: Kriechingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The writer Joël Egloff (born 1970) was born in Créhange.

Until 1793, Créhange was the capital of the County of Kriechingen, a state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.