Zoufftgen

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Zoufftgen
Commune
The mairie (town hall) in Zoufftgen
The mairie (town hall) in Zoufftgen
Coat of arms of Zoufftgen
Coat of arms
Location of Zoufftgen
Map
Zoufftgen is located in France
Zoufftgen
Zoufftgen
Zoufftgen is located in Grand Est
Zoufftgen
Zoufftgen
Coordinates: 49°27′47″N 6°08′01″E / 49.4631°N 6.1336°E / 49.4631; 6.1336
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementThionville
CantonYutz
IntercommunalityCattenom et Environs
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michel Paquet[1]
Area
1
16.7 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,262
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Zoufftgenois, Zoufftgenoises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57764 /57330
Elevation200–395 m (656–1,296 ft)
(avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Zoufftgen (French pronunciation: [zufgən];[3][4] German: Suftgen, Luxembourgish: Suuftgen [ˈzuːftɕən]) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 600—    
1800 682+1.85%
1806 550−3.52%
1821 742+2.02%
1836 719−0.21%
1841 731+0.33%
1861 702−0.20%
1866 729+0.76%
1871 637−2.66%
1875 605−1.28%
1880 593−0.40%
1885 615+0.73%
1890 615+0.00%
1895 628+0.42%
1900 626−0.06%
1905 596−0.98%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1910 637+1.34%
1921 600−0.54%
1926 614+0.46%
1931 571−1.44%
1936 544−0.96%
1946 395−3.15%
1954 431+1.10%
1962 470+1.09%
1968 455−0.54%
1975 490+1.06%
1982 664+4.44%
1990 597−1.32%
1999 608+0.20%
2009 811+2.92%
2014 1,097+6.23%
2020 1,253+2.24%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

2006 rail crash[edit]

Main article: 2006 Zoufftgen train collision

On the morning of 11 October 2006 a passenger train and a goods train collided head-on, killing six people.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Catastrophe ferroviaire de Zoufftgen". www.republicain-lorrain.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ "En mémoire des victimes de l'accident de Zoufftgen". YouTube.
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Zoufftgen, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links[edit]

  • Media related to Zoufftgen at Wikimedia Commons


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