Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche

Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche
Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche
Commune
	The glass factory in Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche
	Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche
	Coordinates: 48°59′20″N 7°21′15″E / 48.9889°N 7.3542°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Bitche
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Charles Schaeffer
Area 1	4.53 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Population (2021)	464
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57619 /57620
Elevation	256–403 m (840–1,322 ft) ; (avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lwi lɛ bitʃ], literally St. Louis near Bitche; German: Münzthal; Lorraine Franconian: Minzdal) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.^[3]

The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of the 2013 France census, the village's population is 512. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ludoviciens and Ludoviciennes.

The village is famous for its Saint-Louis Glass Manufacture, as it is the oldest glass manufacturer in France with roots dating back to 1586 and the first crystal glass manufacturer in continental Europe (1781).