Saint-Privat-la-Montagne

Saint-Privat-la-Montagne
Commune
The church in Saint-Privat-la-Montagne

Coat of arms
Saint-Privat-la-Montagne
Location within Grand Est region
Saint-Privat-la-Montagne
Coordinates: 49°11′23″N 6°02′13″E / 49.1897°N 6.0369°E / 49.1897; 6.0369Coordinates: 49°11′23″N 6°02′13″E / 49.1897°N 6.0369°E / 49.1897; 6.0369
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Metz
Canton Rombas
Intercommunality Metz Métropole
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Claude Walter
Area1 5.84 km2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,374
  Density 240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 57622 /57855
Elevation 280–342 m (919–1,122 ft)
(avg. 334 m or 1,096 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.

Saint-Privat-la-Montagne (German: Sankt Privat) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Saint Privat is located between the former French-German frontier as it was between 1871 and 1918 and between 1940 and 1944. It was famous at the scene of the battle of 18 August 1870 between the Germans under Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia and the French under General Francois Certain Canrobert.

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