Ars-sur-Moselle

Commune in Grand Est, France

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Coat of arms

Location of Ars-sur-Moselle

(2021–2026) Pascal Hody^[1]Area

11.6 km² (4.5 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,651 • Density400/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57032 /57130

Elevation165–344 m (541–1,129 ft)
(avg. 174 m or 571 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ars-sur-Moselle (French pronunciation: [aʁs syʁ mɔzɛl], literally Ars on Moselle; German: Ars an der Mosel) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

History

Ars-sur-Moselle was a part of Germany, in the imperial territory of Alsace-Lorraine,^[3] from 1871 to 1918. It was called Ars-an-der-Mosel in German.

Sights

The town has a handsome Roman Catholic church. In the vicinity are the remains of a Roman aqueduct, which formerly spanned the valley.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,171	—
1821	1,307	+0.39%
1841	1,453	+0.53%
1871	5,371	+4.45%
1900	4,081	−0.94%
1926	3,274	−0.84%
1946	2,524	−1.29%
1962	5,182	+4.60%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,393	+0.67%
1975	5,469	+0.20%
1982	5,039	−1.16%
1990	5,084	+0.11%
1999	5,001	−0.18%
2007	4,669	−0.85%
2012	4,782	+0.48%
2017	4,723	−0.25%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ars-an-der-Mosel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 650.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ars-sur-Moselle, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE