Algrange

Algrange
Commune
The church in Algrange

Coat of arms
Algrange
Location within Grand Est region
Algrange
Coordinates: 49°21′36″N 6°02′56″E / 49.36°N 6.0489°E / 49.36; 6.0489Coordinates: 49°21′36″N 6°02′56″E / 49.36°N 6.0489°E / 49.36; 6.0489
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Thionville
Canton Algrange
Intercommunality Val de Fensch
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Patrick Péron
Area1 6.96 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 6,273
  Density 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 57012 /57440
Elevation 221–405 m (725–1,329 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Algrange (Lorraine Franconian: Oolgréngen/Algréngen, German: Algringen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 264    
1800 200−24.2%
1806 217+8.5%
1836 334+53.9%
1841 341+2.1%
1861 357+4.7%
1866 335−6.2%
1871 367+9.6%
1875 364−0.8%
1880 404+11.0%
1885 1,151+184.9%
1890 1,943+68.8%
1895 2,382+22.6%
1900 5,230+119.6%
1905 7,575+44.8%
1910 9,475+25.1%
1914 11,500+21.4%
1921 6,947−39.6%
1926 9,528+37.2%
1931 10,175+6.8%
1936 7,953−21.8%
1946 7,877−1.0%
1954 8,417+6.9%
1962 9,163+8.9%
1968 8,658−5.5%
1975 7,658−11.6%
1982 6,767−11.6%
1990 6,325−6.5%
1999 6,198−2.0%
2006 6,326+2.1%
2009 6,364+0.6%

Personalities

  • Hervé Laborne (born 7 October 1946), electrical engineer and President of university.
  • Adolf Wagner (1 October 1890 - 12 April 1944) : Gauleiter of the Gau München-Oberbayern.
  • Josef Wagner (12 January 1899 – 22 April or 2 May 1945): Gauleiter of the Gau of Westphalia-South.

See also

References

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