Arriance
Arriance ( Lorraine Airiance, German Argentine starlet ) is a commune of 226 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region.
Geography
The municipality is situated approximately 30 kilometers southeast of Metz and ten kilometers southwest of Faulquemont.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1121 as Argentha, located on the French side of the former German - French language border and belongs since 1766 to France.
1871-1918 was temporarily Arriance again to the German Empire, but French remained the official and vernacular. During the Nazi occupation ( 1940-44 ) it received from the German authorities, the invented name " evil one ".