Brouderdorff

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Brouderdorff

(2020–2026) François Klock^[1]Area

4.78 km² (1.85 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

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

57113 /57565

Elevation266–355 m (873–1,165 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brouderdorff (French pronunciation: [bʁudɛʁdɔʁf]; German: Bruderdorf) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Toponymy

Brouderdorff means "the village of the brothers", because it was built by four brothers.^[3]

History

The village of Brouderdorff was created in 1616 by the Counts of Lutzelbourg.^[4]

Between 1871 and 1918 Brouderdorff was annexed by the German Empire within the Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen. The village suffered war damage between 1914 and 1918.

Brouderdorff was again annexed by Germany between 1940 and 1944.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	527	—
1975	608	+2.06%
1982	689	+1.80%
1990	720	+0.55%
1999	733	+0.20%
2009	926	+2.36%
2014	969	+0.91%
2020	971	+0.03%
Source: INSEE^[5]

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.
^ Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie lorraine, Page 307, (1868)
^ Henri Lepage, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe, 1862.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE