Maizières-lès-Metz

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Maizières-lès-Metz

(2020–2026) Julien Freyburger^[1]Area

8.92 km² (3.44 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

11,792 • Density1,300/km² (3,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57433 /57280

Elevation159–206 m (522–676 ft)
(avg. 164 m or 538 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maizières-lès-Metz (French pronunciation: [mɛzjɛʁ lɛ mɛs], literally Maizières near Metz; Lorrain: Mach'ire) is a commune in the Moselle department, Grand Est, northeastern France.

Anciently part of the Duchy of Lorraine, Maizières was within the Holy Roman Empire until 1766, when Lorraine was annexed by France. From 1871 to 1918, as part of Alsace-Lorraine, Maizières belonged to the German Empire as Maizières-bei-Metz. Between 1915 and 1918 the town's name was briefly Germanized to Macheren. During the German occupation from 1940 to 1944 it was known as Machern-bei-Metz.

The amusement park Walygator is located in Maizières-les-Metz.

The town gives its name to the now German Maizière family which, being Huguenots, had to emigrate from the Duchy of Lorraine to Prussia in the 17th century. Preserving the name of their town up to the present, prominent members of the family include Lothar de Maizière, last Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic, the politician Thomas de Maizière and the general Ulrich de Maizière.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	9,834	—
1975	11,024	+1.65%
1982	9,790	−1.68%
1990	8,901	−1.18%
1999	9,344	+0.54%
2007	10,237	+1.15%
2012	10,862	+1.19%
2017	11,388	+0.95%
Source: INSEE^[3]

International relations

Maizières-lès-Metz is twinned with Bukowsko, Poland and Montastruc-la-Conseillère, France.

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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE