Hommarting

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Hommarting

(2020–2026) Jean-Louis Nisse^[1]Area

10.19 km² (3.93 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

824 • Density81/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57333 /57405

Elevation257–336 m (843–1,102 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hommarting (French pronunciation: [ɔmaʁtɛ̃]; German: Hommartingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

This municipality is located in the historic region of Lorraine and is part of the pays de Sarrebourg.

It is located in the Rhine watershed within the Rhine-Meuse basin. It is drained by the Eichmatte stream, the Muellermatte stream, the Bubenbach stream and the Steiglenbach.^[3]

Toponymy

Former names:^[4] Humertingen (XV^e siècle), Hummertingen (1490), Humertingen and Hommertingen (1525), Humerting (1556), Humerding (1675), Homertingen or Omertingen (1719), Homarting (1756), Hommartin (1793), Hommartingen (1871-1918), Humbertingen (1940-1944).

History

Hommarting was a former possession of the Weissembourg and Marmoutier abbeys, as well as of the Bishopric of Metz. It was also held in fief by numerous lords (Lutzelbourg, Lening-Réchicourt).

In 1661, with the treaty of Vincennes between the duke of Lorraine and Louis XIV, the commune became French.

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.
^ "Réseau hydrographique de Hommarting". Géoportail (in French).
^ Lepage, Henri. Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe (in French) (Impression Impériale ed.). Paris: Société d'archéologie de Lorraine.