Creutzwald

Creutzwald
Creutzwald Lake
Creutzwald Lake
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Creutzwald is located in France
Creutzwald
Creutzwald
Creutzwald is located in Grand Est
Creutzwald
Creutzwald
Coordinates: 49°12′00″N 6°41′00″E / 49.2°N 6.6833°E / 49.2; 6.6833
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementForbach-Boulay-Moselle
CantonBoulay-Moselle
IntercommunalityWarndt
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Luc Wozniak[1]
Area
1
26.72 km2 (10.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
12,514
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57160 /57150
Elevation198–334 m (650–1,096 ft)
(avg. 219 m or 719 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Creutzwald (French pronunciation: [kʁøtsvald]; German: Kreuzwald) is a commune in the Moselle département in Grand Est in north-eastern France, located on the German border, just south of Überherrn (with which it is twinned) and west of Lauterbach-Völklingen, both in the Saarland.

With Germany, it manages the Warndt forest.

  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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.