Sarralbe

Sarralbe ( German Saaralben ) is a commune with 4547 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region.

• 3.1 Demographics

Location

Sarralbe is situated on the river Saar. On the boundaries of the municipality are the coordinates of the intersection of 49 ° 0 '0 "N, 7 ° 0' 0" O497, the crossing of the Saar channel over the alb and the mouth of the alb in the Saar.

Sarralbe is the capital of the canton of the same name, on the border region of Alsace.

Neighboring communities

In Lorraine:

• Hambach in the North
• Willerwald in the Northeast
• Kirviller in the southwest
• Le Val -de- Guéblange and Holving in the West
• Richeling in the northwest

In Alsace:

• East Melbourne and Keskastel in the East
• Harskirchen, Bissert and Hinsingen in the south

Districts

• Calibration
• Computing
• Salzbronn
• Le Haras

History

Sarralbe was hub of double-track railway lines Sarrebourg - Sarreguemines - Sarralbe and chambray. Passenger found in Sarralbe today only on the leg of Sarre- Union Sarreguemines instead, the other routes were shut down or dismantled.

Demographics

Personalities

• Karl Wilhelm von Heideck (1788-1861), German landscape painter
• Franz de Schmid ( * 1858), factory owner and member of the Reichstag