Le Val-de-Guéblange

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Val-de-Guéblange

(2020–2026) Sonia Bur^[1]Area

19.08 km² (7.37 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

815 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57267 /57430

Elevation211–261 m (692–856 ft)
(avg. 187 m or 614 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Val-de-Guéblange (French pronunciation: [lə val də ɡeblɑ̃ʒ]; German: Geblingen; Lorraine Franconian Gewlingedal) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Localities of the commune: Audviller, Schweix, Steinbach, Wentzviller.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	977	—
1975	916	−0.92%
1982	882	−0.54%
1990	888	+0.08%
1999	904	+0.20%
2009	858	−0.52%
2014	861	+0.07%
2020	832	−0.57%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sites and Monuments

Passage of a Roman road.
Formerly a castle dominated the valley ( the present church of the valley was built on the location). The squires to fill the moats, had the bad idea to divert Alba. So many frogs settled around the castle and prevented them from sleeping . To not be disturbed in their sleep by these frogs, people did the extermination of the castle... The villagers had to get up at night and suddenly shovels, killed all the frogs . Since frogs found in the emblem of the valley of Guéblange .

Clubs

Dance club of the foyer Jolival
Country Top Dance, Country dance club

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE