Spicheren

Spicheren
Spicheren
Commune
	A war memorial in Spicheren
	Coat of arms
	Location of Spicheren
	Spicheren Spicheren
	Coordinates: 49°11′33″N 6°58′09″E / 49.1925°N 6.9692°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton	Stiring-Wendel
Intercommunality	CA Forbach Porte de France
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Klein
Area 1	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population (2021)	3,218
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57659 /57350
Elevation	220–357 m (722–1,171 ft) ; (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Spicheren (French pronunciation: [spiʃʁən];^[3]^[4]^[5] German: Spichern) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located on the German border, lying next to the city of Saarbrücken. It was also where the first shots of the Franco-Prussian war were fired during the Battle of Spicheren.

Population

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "L'info du mardi 11 août 2020 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ "Moselle : un hôpital pour poupées. - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ Sadler, Stephanie (17 February 2023). "18 équipes à l'Open de Volley à Spicheren". TV8 Moselle-Est (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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