Solgne | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Solgne (Moselle).svg |
Arrondissement: | Metz |
Canton: | Faulquemont |
Insee: | 57655 |
Postal Code: | 57420 |
Mayor: | Jean Stamm[1] |
Term: | 2021 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Sud Messin |
Coordinates: | 48.9672°N 6.2961°W |
Elevation M: | 281 |
Elevation Min M: | 240 |
Elevation Max M: | 299 |
Area Km2: | 7.29 |
Solgne (pronounced as /fr/; de|Solgen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located by road southeast of Metz and about the same distance northeast by road from Pont-à-Mousson. As of 2014 it had a population of 1,092.
Solgne became part of France in 1661, but Alsace-Lorraine which Solgne lay in, was later under the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. Église Saint-Étienne was built in 1718 and restored in 1859.The village of Ancy-les-Solgne joined Solgne in 1810.
The commune borders the communes of Buchy, Luppy, Secourt, Sailly-Achâtel and lies at an altitude of between 240 and 299 metres above sea level. It covers an area of 7.3 km2. with 154,5 inhabitants per km2 as of 2010.[2] The Solgne Fault runs through the villages of Solgne and Achatel.[3]