Bousbach

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bousbach

(2020–2026) Constant Kieffer^[1]Area

5.91 km² (2.28 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,208 • Density200/km² (530/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57101 /57460

Elevation246–365 m (807–1,198 ft)
(avg. 283 m or 928 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bousbach (French pronunciation: [busbak]; German: Buschbach) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Etymology

Bousbach has historically been attested as Buezbach in 1429 and Buschbach in 1525. Bousbach and its German counterpart are Germanic in origin, deriving from a High German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic *busk. The Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via High German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -bach and Romantic -bais.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	649	—
1975	725	+1.59%
1982	843	+2.18%
1990	913	+1.00%
1999	950	+0.44%
2009	1,129	+1.74%
2014	1,172	+0.75%
2020	1,228	+0.78%
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.
^ Caljouw, William Robert (1981). "Germanic elements in French Toponymy". University of British Columbia. pp. 148–149. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE