Pays de Bitche

Pays de Bitche
Bitscherland / Bitcherland
Natural region
Pond between Lambach and Lemberg
Pond between Lambach and Lemberg
Pays de Bitche is located in France
Pays de Bitche
Pays de Bitche
Coordinates: 49°03′09″N 7°25′33″E / 49.0525°N 7.42583333333°E / 49.0525; 7.42583333333
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementSarreguemines
CapitalBitche
Area
 • Total61,589 km2 (23,780 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
 • Total35,873
 • Density0.58/km2 (1.5/sq mi)
DemonymBitscherlänner / Bitcherlänner
Vehicle registration57
Websitetourisme-paysdebitche.fr

The Pays de Bitche (French pronunciation: [pe.i bitʃ], literally Land of Bitche, German: Bitscherland or Bitcherland) is a natural region in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region of France. It corresponds to the present French part of the former principality of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and to the part of the Northern Vosges that lies within Lorraine.

The Pays de Bitche has a total of 47 municipalities. 46 of them are gathered into the Bitche canton and the remaining one, Kalhausen, is a part of the Sarreguemines canton.