Kœnigsmacker
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Coordinates: 49°23′38″N 6°16′39″E / 49.3939°N 6.2775°E
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Commune of Kœnigsmacker |
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| Location | |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville-Est |
| Canton | Metzervisse |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de l'Arc mosellan |
| Mayor | Pierre Zenner (2009–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 148–306 m (490–1,000 ft) (avg. 150 m/490 ft) |
| Land area1 | 18.4 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,996 (2006) |
| - Density | 108 /km2 (280 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57370/ 57970 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Kœnigsmacker is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.
Kœnigsmacker was the birthplace of Father Jean-Vincent Scheil (1858–1940), a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist, who was one of the discoverers of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia.
See also
External links
- Monuments of Kœnigsmacker (French)
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