Haut-Clocher

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Haut-Clocher

(2020–2026) Francis Beck^[1]Area

11.44 km² (4.42 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

358 • Density31/km² (81/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57304 /57400

Elevation245–315 m (804–1,033 ft)
(avg. 260 m or 850 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Haut-Clocher (French pronunciation: [o klɔʃe]; German: Zittersdorf; 1574: Sittersdorff) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Toponymy

The village was built on a hill at the top of which was a church which gave the village its name. Indeed, in French, a bell tower is a "clocher" and "haut" means high.

The French name Haut-Clocher replaced the former German name Zittersdorf.

History

The commune was ruled by the seigneurs (lords) of Fénétrange, then by the bailliage of Lixheim.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.