Schneckenbusch

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Schneckenbusch

(2020–2026) Rémy Bier^[1]Area

2.12 km² (0.82 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

310 • Density150/km² (380/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57637 /57400

Elevation259–324 m (850–1,063 ft)
(avg. 280 m or 920 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Schneckenbusch – Schneggebesch in Rhine Franconian and Alemannic – is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The word Schneckenbusch is German for "snails bush".

Geography

Schneckenbusch is a little village in the south-east of Sarrebourg. The village is crossed by a little river, the Bièvre, which rises from the bottom of the Vosges Mountains. Schneckenbusch is too crossed by the Marne-Rhine Canal who opened in 1853.

The commune is situated at 47 miles from Strasbourg, 50 miles from Saarbrücken, 56 miles from Nancy and 78 miles from Metz.

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.