Apach

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Apach

(2020–2026) Emilie Feltz-Villain^[1]Area

3.35 km² (1.29 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,071 • Density320/km² (830/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57026 /57480

Elevation145–365 m (476–1,198 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Apach (French pronunciation: [apak]; German: Apach; Luxembourgish: Opech [ˈoːpəɕ]) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Apach is 2 km (1.2 mi) from Sierck-les-Bains, 25 km (16 mi) from Thionville, and 50 km (31 mi) from Metz. It is on the right bank of the river Moselle, on the border of Germany and Luxembourg, the municipalities just across the border being Perl in Germany and Schengen in Luxembourg. It has a station on the Thionville–Trier railway, served by regional trains.

Apach was the scene of a skirmish between the French and German armies during the Saar Offensive of 1939.^[3]

A natural reserve for orchids is located along the limestone hillsides, of which there are many in this town.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	841	—
1975	848	+0.12%
1982	864	+0.27%
1990	798	−0.99%
1999	813	+0.21%
2009	963	+1.71%
2014	1,013	+1.02%
2020	1,071	+0.93%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "What was the Saar Offensive (1939)? - Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute". 11 November 2020.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE