Créhange
Créhange | |
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The church in Créhange | |
Location of Créhange | |
| Coordinates: 49°03′49″N 6°34′58″E / 49.0636°N 6.5828°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Faulquemont |
| Intercommunality | CC District urbain de Faulquemont |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Lavergne |
Area 1 | 10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 3,745 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57159 /57690 |
| Elevation | 232–388 m (761–1,273 ft) (avg. 325 m or 1,066 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Créhange (French pronunciation: [kʁe.ɑ̃ʒ]; Lorraine Franconian: Krischingen, German: Kriechingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The writer Joël Egloff (born 1970) was born in Créhange.
Until 1793, Créhange was the capital of the County of Kriechingen, a state of the Holy Roman Empire.