Breidenbach, Moselle

Breidenbach
Coat of arms
Breidenbach
Location within Grand Est region  Breidenbach
Coordinates: 49°08′13″N 7°25′25″E / 49.1369°N 7.4236°ECoordinates: 49°08′13″N 7°25′25″E / 49.1369°N 7.4236°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Bitche
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierrot Fouchs
Area^1	10.89 km^2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	354
• Density	33/km^2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	57108 / 57720
Elevation	252–376 m (827–1,234 ft) (avg. 310 m or 1,020 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Breidenbach (Lorraine Franconian: Breidebach) 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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	636	—
1800	586	−7.9%
1806	801	+36.7%
1821	827	+3.2%
1836	948	+14.6%
1841	880	−7.2%
1861	836	−5.0%
1866	813	−2.8%
1872	826	+1.6%
1876	808	−2.2%
1881	785	−2.8%
1886	749	−4.6%
1891	715	−4.5%
1896	692	−3.2%
1901	667	−3.6%
1906	661	−0.9%
1911	681	+3.0%
1921	627	−7.9%
1926	632	+0.8%
1931	602	−4.7%
1936	604	+0.3%
1946	341	−43.5%
1954	501	+46.9%
1962	455	−9.2%
1968	421	−7.5%
1975	382	−9.3%
1982	376	−1.6%
1990	324	−13.8%
1999	346	+6.8%
2006	364	+5.2%
2009	354	−2.7%

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

References

• INSEE statistics