Kœnigsmacker | |
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 The church in Kœnigsmacker | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kœnigsmacker | |
  Kœnigsmacker  Kœnigsmacker | |
| Coordinates:49°23′38″N6°16′39″E / 49.3939°N 6.2775°E /49.3939; 6.2775 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville |
| Canton | Metzervisse |
| Intercommunality | Arc mosellan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Pierre Zenner[1] |
Area 1 | 18.4 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,242 |
| • Density | 122/km2 (316/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57370 /57970 |
| Elevation | 148–306 m (486–1,004 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Kœnigsmacker (French pronunciation:[kœniksmakəʁ];Lorraine Franconian:Maacher/Kinneksmaacher;German:Königsmachern) is acommune in theMoselledepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.
Kœnigsmacker was the birthplace of FatherJean-Vincent Scheil (1858–1940), a FrenchDominican scholar andAssyriologist, who was one of the discoverers of theCode of Hammurabi inPersia. The area was the scene of fighting duringWorld War II when theU.S. 90th Infantry Division assaulted the nearbyFort de Koenigsmacker, one of the GermanMoselstellung fortresses.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,439 | — |
| 1975 | 1,556 | +1.12% |
| 1982 | 1,603 | +0.43% |
| 1990 | 1,722 | +0.90% |
| 1999 | 1,893 | +1.06% |
| 2007 | 2,010 | +0.75% |
| 2012 | 2,155 | +1.40% |
| 2017 | 2,244 | +0.81% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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