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Maizières-lès-Metz

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Maizières-lès-Metz
Commune
The town hall in Maizières-lès-Metz
The town hall in Maizières-lès-Metz
Coat of arms of Maizières-lès-Metz
Coat of arms
Location of Maizières-lès-Metz
Map
Maizières-lès-Metz is located in France
Maizières-lès-Metz
Maizières-lès-Metz
Maizières-lès-Metz is located in Grand Est
Maizières-lès-Metz
Maizières-lès-Metz
Coordinates: 49°12′45″N 6°09′42″E / 49.2125°N 6.1617°E / 49.2125; 6.1617
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementMetz
CantonLe Sillon Mosellan
IntercommunalityCC Rives de Moselle
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Julien Freyburger[1]
Area
1
8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
11,725
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57433 /57280
Elevation159–206 m (522–676 ft)
(avg. 164 m or 538 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maizières-lès-Metz (French pronunciation: [mɛzjɛʁ lɛ mɛs], literally Maizières near Metz; Lorrain: Mach'ire) is a commune in the Moselle department, Grand Est, northeastern France.

Anciently part of the Duchy of Lorraine, Maizières was within the Holy Roman Empire until 1766, when Lorraine was annexed by France. From 1871 to 1918, as part of Alsace-Lorraine, Maizières belonged to the German Empire as Maizières-bei-Metz. Between 1915 and 1918 the town's name was briefly Germanized to Macheren. During the German occupation from 1940 to 1944 it was known as Machern-bei-Metz.

The amusement park Walygator is located in Maizières-les-Metz.

The town gives its name to the now German Maizière family which, being Huguenots, had to emigrate from the Duchy of Lorraine to Prussia in the 17th century. Preserving the name of their town up to the present, prominent members of the family include Lothar de Maizière, last Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic, the politician Thomas de Maizière and the general Ulrich de Maizière.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 9,834—    
1975 11,024+1.65%
1982 9,790−1.68%
1990 8,901−1.18%
1999 9,344+0.54%
2007 10,237+1.15%
2012 10,862+1.19%
2017 11,388+0.95%
Source: INSEE[3]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Maizières-lès-Metz is twinned with Bukowsko, Poland, Nowotaniec, Poland and Montastruc-la-Conseillère, France.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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