Goetzenbruck Explained

Goetzenbruck
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Goetzenbruck 57.svg
Arrondissement:Sarreguemines
Canton:Bitche
Insee:57250
Postal Code:57620
Mayor:Joël Romang[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Pays de Bitche
Coordinates:48.9781°N 7.3806°W
Elevation M:386
Elevation Min M:260
Elevation Max M:432
Area Km2:8.12

Goetzenbruck or Gœtzenbruck (in French pronounced as /ɡœtsənbʁyk/; ; Lorraine Franconian: Getzebrikk) 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 1,608. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Goetzenbruckois and Goetzenbruckoises.

The present municipality of Goetzenbruck was originally divided into three municipalities. They underwent several changes before the two remaining municipalities of Goetzenbruck and Sarreinsberg merged in 1947 (the latter had already merged with the third municipality, Althorn, back in 1837).

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  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.