| Enchenberg | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Enchenberg (Moselle).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Sarreguemines |
| Canton: | Bitche |
| Insee: | 57192 |
| Postal Code: | 57415 |
| Mayor: | Veronique Wittmann[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC du Pays de Bitche |
| Coordinates: | 49.0167°N 7.3333°W |
| Elevation M: | 380 |
| Elevation Min M: | 252 |
| Elevation Max M: | 408 |
| Area Km2: | 9.73 |
Enchenberg (pronounced as /fr/ or pronounced as /fr/; Lorraine Franconian: Enschebärsch) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of the 2013 France census, the village's population is 1,272. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Enchenbergeois or Enchenbergeoises.
Located east of the Moselle department, the village is part of the Pays de Bitche. It is located 8km (05miles) south-west of Bitche, the county's chief town, 22.5km (14miles) south-east of Sarreguemines, the arrondissement's subprefecture, about 85km (53miles) east of Metz, the department's prefecture and about 57km (35miles) north-west of Strasbourg, the region's prefecture.[2] Neighboring communes include Bining and Rohrbach-lès-Bitche to the west, Petit-Réderching, Siersthal and Lambach to the north, Lemberg to the east, and Montbronn and Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche to the south.
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Enchenberg is one of 46 communes in the canton of Bitche. Its general counsels since the French legislative election of 2012 are Anne Mazuy-Harter (DVD) and David Suck (UDI).[4]
The town is part of the Pays de Bitche federation of municipalities which as of January 1, 2017 consists of the same 46 communes as the canton. This grouping is headed by Francis Vogt, municipal counsel of Bitche.[5]
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2008 | Raymond Rimlinger | General counsel | ||
| 2008 | 2011 | Thierry Beck | |||
| 2011 | 2014 | Laurent Hen | |||
| 2014 | 2020 | Bernard Fath | |||
| 2020 | 2026 | Veronique Wittmann |
In 2017 the commune had 1,239 inhabitants.
The majority of the inhabitants can speak and/or understand German and also speak French. The local dialect is known as Lorraine Franconian. Lorraine Franconian is a dialect of German that has been spoken and developed in the region for over a thousand years.[6]
Enchenberg depends on the Academy of Nancy-Metz.
The village is provided with a preschool (fr|école maternelle) and a primary school (fr|école primaire).
Studies then go on at the French: collège La Paraison in Lemberg. To pursue their studies in high school, young Enchenbergeois mainly go to Bitche or Sarreguemines.
Nearby hospitals are located in Bitche, Ingwiller, Sarreguemines, Saverne, Haguenau and Strasbourg.[7]