Rohrbach-lès-Bitche

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{{Other uses|Rohrbach (disambiguation){{!}}Rohrbach}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Rohrbach-lès-Bitche

|commune status = Commune

|image = Fort Casso.jpg

|caption = The Ouvrage Rohrbach

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Rohrbach-lès-Bitche 57.svg

|arrondissement = Sarreguemines

|canton = Bitche

|INSEE = 57589

|postal code = 57410

|mayor = Gabriel Scheh{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = CC du Pays de Bitche

|coordinates = {{coord|49.0461|7.2656|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 306

|elevation min m = 252

|elevation max m = 384

|area km2 = 13.28

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Rohrbach-lès-Bitche ({{IPA|fr|ʁɔʁbak lɛ bitʃ}}, {{lit|Rohrbach near Bitche}}; {{Langx|de|Rohrbach bei Bitsch}}; Lorraine Franconian: Roerbach) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche.

Geography

Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is crossed from west to east by the road connecting Sarreguemines to Bitche. The road towards Sarre-Union branches off in the centre of the village.

Located in the open country, at an elevation of around 260 metres, the village is dominated to the west by the 360-metre-tall Guckenberg, the last hill of the Lorraine plateau. It is one of the earliest villages of the Pays de Bitche. The Vosges pink sandstone appears on the outskirts of the commune, but is mostly covered by forest.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-57589#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1623

|1975 |1797

|1982 |2019

|1990 |2113

|1999 |2115

|2007 |2153

|2012 |2079

|2017 |2283

}}

See also

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