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 Tromborn, church of Saint-Martin. | |
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| Coordinates:49°15′30″N6°35′18″E / 49.2583°N 6.5883°E /49.2583; 6.5883 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Bouzonville |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Gabriel Armand Contelly[1] |
Area 1 | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 333 |
| • Density | 54.3/km2 (141/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57681 /57320 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Tromborn (French pronunciation:[tʁɔ̃bɔʁn]ⓘ) is acommune in theMoselledepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.
Tromborn is a rural village located at the center of the triangle formed by the towns ofBouzonville,Boulay andCreutzwald.The commune is located 3 km from the German border. Tromborn is 32 km fromMetz, 6 km fromSaarlouis and 11 km fromBoulay.
Anorientation table provides an overview of the valley of the Nied where footpaths are also listed on a map.From this overview, it's possible to seeLuxembourg andMalbrouck Castle, located more than 30 km away, just with binoculars.TheVosges Mountains, located about 100 km away, can be observed in clear weather with a hand-held telescope ortelephoto lens.
Near the village:
Germany; Germany) registered in theUNESCO World Heritage since 1994.Visual landscape cues:
Tromborn has an oceanic climate with temperate summers (Cfb in theKöppen climate classification).Given its position on a plateau, the village is constantly swept by winds.Tempestuous winds are exceptional but sometimes cause damage to roofs and trees, average wind speed is 20 km/h.
Agriculture in the village grew into a landscape ofopen fields. Two-thirds of the surface of Tromborn (about 4 hectares) are agricultural land.There is intensive production ofwheat,barley andmaize and industrial crops such asrapeseed.Today there are still somemeadows, some of which are used for breedingsheep andcows.
The forest area extends over a quarter of the area of the village, a total of around 1.5 hectares.Note the presence ofbeech, ofspruce, ofoak, ofcharm andcoppicing.
A number of rare bird species are found in the region, such as thecorncrake, theEurasian hobby, thecurlew and thecommon grasshopper warbler.Other species have been seen, such as thered kite, theblue tit, thebuzzard, thepheasant, themarbled white butterfly, thekestrel and thewagtail.The forest area of the village is inhabited by the common species to the region such aswild boar,deer andfox.
The village is located at kilometer 32 of the departmental route 954 which extends from west to east ofMetz (km 0) toSaarlouis (38 km), passing throughBoulay-Moselle (km 21).Roads run fromDalem,Rémering,Villing,Oberdorff,Brettnach andTéterchen to the village.
Tromborn lacks its own railway station, the closest are those of Bouzonville 7 km away, Saint-Avold 27 kilometres (17 mi) away and Metz 35 km (22 mi) away.
The nearest access to theFrench motorway network is 16 km (10 mi) away at Boulay-Moselle on the A4.
Access to theGerman motorway network located 8 km (5 mi) from the village is through the exchange ofSaarlouis in the direction ofLuxembourg,Saarbrücken,Trier andMannheim.
The closest civilian airports are those ofMetz-Nancy-Lorraine 60 km (37 mi) away,Luxembourg 82 km (51 mi) away andStrasbourg 172 km (107 mi) away.
Tromborn's postal code is 57320, which is the post office number ofBouzonville.
The 1872 census indicates a population decline in the town. Tromborn is a cereal village, theagricultural crisis of the 1890s and the 1914-1918 war accentuated the rural exodus.
The town is too far from the new industrial centers of the 20th century, many workers and small landowners permanently abandoned their native villages for the cities.
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Historical decline between 1936 and 1946 is due to the total destruction of the village at the beginning of the Second World War.
The Church of St. Martin hasavant-garde architecture designed by architects Roger Fraisse and Madeline Felix70 years ago. Its construction was completed in 1955 and renovations were made at the beginning of the 21st century.
A bell dating from 1695 was once located on the steeple of the church of St. Martin. It is still used today on the ground in the straight extension of the nave inside the building. Its presence since330 years contributes to Tromborn's heritage.
At the beginning of the 21st century, a chapel was built inside the village cemetery.
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