Gondrexange
Commune
The railway station in Gondrexange
The railway station in Gondrexange
Coat of arms of Gondrexange
Coat of arms
Location of Gondrexange
Gondrexange is located in France
Gondrexange
Gondrexange
Gondrexange is located in Grand Est
Gondrexange
Gondrexange
Coordinates: 48°41′06″N 6°55′42″E / 48.685°N 6.9283°E / 48.685; 6.9283
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementSarrebourg-Château-Salins
CantonSarrebourg
IntercommunalitySarrebourg - Moselle Sud
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Staub[1]
Area
1
22.88 km2 (8.83 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
505
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57253 /57815
Elevation266–319 m (873–1,047 ft)
(avg. 270 m or 890 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gondrexange (French pronunciation: [ɡɔ̃dʁɛksɑ̃ʒ]; German: Gunderchingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

This municipality is located in the historic region of Lorraine and is part of the pays de Sarrebourg.

The Gondrexange stream has its source in the commune of Réchicourt-le-Château and flows into the Saar at Imling, after passing through seven communes.

Gondrexange is part of the Lorraine Regional Natural Park.[3]

Although the commune is crossed by the Paris-Strasbourg railway line, its train station is nowadays closed.

Toponymy

Former names:[4] 1240 : Gundersingen, 1246: Guntersingen, 1401-1402: Gunnedrakin, Gunnedrekin et Gunedrekin, 1460: Gondresenges, Gunderchingen et Gundeschingen, 1461: Gondressanges, 1519: Gondrechingen, 1751: Gunderichingen seu Gondrechanges, 1793: Gondrexauge, 1801: Gondrexange, 1915–1918 et 1940–1944: Gunderchingen.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Décret n° 2015-73 du 27 janvier 2015 portant renouvellement du classement du parc naturel régional de Lorraine (région Lorraine)". Légifrance (in French). 29 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Lepage, Henri (1862). Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe (in French). Paris: Imprimerie Impériale.


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