Dalhain

Dalhain
Commune
The village in 1914

Coat of arms
Dalhain
Location within Grand Est region
Dalhain
Coordinates: 48°53′23″N 6°33′42″E / 48.8897°N 6.5617°E / 48.8897; 6.5617Coordinates: 48°53′23″N 6°33′42″E / 48.8897°N 6.5617°E / 48.8897; 6.5617
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton Le Saulnois
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Didier Conte
Area1 4.83 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 109
  Density 23/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 57166 /57340
Elevation 218–298 m (715–978 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 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.

Dalhain (German: Dalheim) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The name Dalhain is of germanic origins from the roots 'dal' meaning 'valley' and 'heim' meaning 'village'. The name is also recorded as Dalem, Dala, Dalehen and Dalcheim.[1]

See also

References

  1. Lepage, Henri (1862). Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de la Meurthe. 17-18. Imprimerie impériale. p. 39.
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