Baronville

Baronville
Commune
The church in Baronville

Coat of arms
Baronville
Location within Grand Est region
Baronville
Coordinates: 48°56′05″N 6°36′33″E / 48.9347°N 6.6092°E / 48.9347; 6.6092Coordinates: 48°56′05″N 6°36′33″E / 48.9347°N 6.6092°E / 48.9347; 6.6092
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
Canton Sarralbe
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Paul Peltier
Area1 6.18 km2 (2.39 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 411
  Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 57051 /57340
Elevation 251–322 m (823–1,056 ft)
(avg. 290 m or 950 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.

Baronville (German: Baronweiler, 1941–44 Barenweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

History

  • Previous names: Barunvilla (896), Barandorf (1361), Barendorff (1383, 1461).
  • In 2007 a group of three University of York students attempted to get the fictitious town of 'BaronVille' onto the new UK version of the board game Monopoly. The news media thought that this was a French plot and reported, without sources, that the people of Baronville itself were behind it.

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Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962 303    
1968 320+5.6%
1975 352+10.0%
1982 372+5.7%
1990 361−3.0%
1999 346−4.2%
2006 362+4.6%
2009 404+11.6%

See also

References

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