Chémery-les-Deux
Chémery -les -Deux ( German Schemmerich ) is a commune with 484 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region. It belongs to the canton in the Arrondissement Bouzonville Boulay -Moselle.
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Geography
The community Chémery -les -Deux in the northwest of the department lies at an altitude of 220 m above sea level, eight kilometers west of Bouzonville and large-scale considered about halfway between Saarlouis and Thionville. The municipal area extends from the valley of the Nied Creek Ruisseau d' Anzeling up to 50 meters higher lying ridges east and west of the valley.
The 10 km ² area of the municipality Chémery -les -Deux is dominated by arable and meadow areas, only in the west, the municipality has a share in a 100 hectare forest area. East of the church is a forest area drags on until after Bouzonville. Geologically, the area is one of the Lorraine levels of land and is composed of Triassic deposits.
At Chémery -les -Deux includes the districts Hobling, Ingling, Klop.
Neighboring communities of Chémery -les -Deux are Menskirch and Bibiche in the north, Filstroff in the northeast, Freistroff in the east, and Anzeling Hestroff in the south and Ébersviller and Dalstein in the West.
History
Chémery -les -Deux is, as the name ( deux = two ) suggests two settlements. The older, larger and more northerly part ( Chémery -la -Vieille ) built in the 13th century and first subordinate to the monastery in Freistroff, from 1604 to the Benedictine monastery of Sainte -Croix in Bouzonville. The further south Chémery -la -Neuve (today Petit Chémery ) was founded by Didier de Colligny, an abbot of the monastery Freistroffer. The new plant of the town in 1570 was due to the favorable location right on the road from Thionville on Bouzonville in the Saarland. The separation of the community into two parts can be seen even today, between the two lies a 100 meter wide green strip of land along a stream bed. The single-family homes in the west of the municipality along the road Menstroff - Chémery - Hestroff are more recent.
Demographics
In the 20 years 1962-1982 the population rose by over a third, until 1999, after a continuous slight decrease was observed. Since 1999 is again a population growth recorded.
Attractions
- Church of Saint- Martin of the year 1751
- Flurkreuz
Economy and infrastructure
The inhabitants of the village living from farming (wheat - lupine and maize cultivation, grazing and cattle fattening ) or commute to the nearby city of Bouzonville.
Traffic
Through the municipal area of Chémery -les -Deux into an east-west direction of the high traffic road 918 Department of Thionville to the border crossing Vœlfling-lès-Bouzonville/Ittersdorf in the Saarland. Is crossed, the D 918 from the Strait of Menstroff about Chémery -les -Deux by Hestroff. The railway line runs south of Thionville- Bouzonville Chémery -les -Deux, so that the next stops are in Freistroff Anzeling and Ébersviller in six kilometers away.