Bousbach | |
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Location of Bousbach  | |
  Bousbach  Bousbach | |
| Coordinates:49°08′56″N6°56′59″E / 49.1489°N 6.9497°E /49.1489; 6.9497 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Stiring-Wendel |
| Intercommunality | CA Forbach Porte de France |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Constant Kieffer[1] |
Area 1 | 5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,188 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57101 /57460 |
| Elevation | 246–365 m (807–1,198 ft) (avg. 283 m or 928 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bousbach (French pronunciation:[busbak];German:Buschbach) is acommune in theMoselledepartment inGrand Est in northeasternFrance.
Bousbach has historically been attested asBuezbach in 1429 andBuschbach in 1525. Bousbach and its German counterpart are Germanic in origin, deriving from a High German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic*busk. The Germanic hydronym*-bak(i) entered the French language via High German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form-bach and Romantic-bais.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 649 | — |
| 1975 | 725 | +1.59% |
| 1982 | 843 | +2.18% |
| 1990 | 913 | +1.00% |
| 1999 | 950 | +0.44% |
| 2009 | 1,129 | +1.74% |
| 2014 | 1,172 | +0.75% |
| 2020 | 1,228 | +0.78% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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