Plappeville
Plappeville is a commune with 2112 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region.
Geography
The community Plappeville on the east by the city of Metz.
History
The town was founded in 621 by Pappolus, Bishop of Metz, and served as his country seat ( Pappoli villa). 1552 came Plappeville with the Treaty of Chambord France.
Began in 1867 as part of the application of a first extension belt around the fortress of Metz ( Barrière de fer ), the draft of which mainly goes back to General Séré de Rivières, the construction of the fort Alvensleben [ Plappeville ]. 1871 to 1918, the village belonged to the German Empire. 1915-18 was the place the Germanized name Papolsheim.
1940 Plappeville was again occupied by the Germans, who sold 95 % of the population in November 1940 and renamed it briefly in Pleppweiler. 1941 until the liberation in 1944 was incorporated in Metz (Metz - Papolsheim ).