Sierck-les-Bains

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sierck-les-Bains

(2020–2026) Helen Lambard-Hammond^[1]Area

4.8 km² (1.9 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,772 • Density370/km² (960/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57650 /57480

Elevation145–337 m (476–1,106 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sierck-les-Bains (German: Bad Sierck, Lorraine Franconian: Siirk/Siirck) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Rudling, Kœnigsberg (German: Rudlingen, Königsberg)

Language Revitalization

Sierck-Les-Bains and other municipalities in the Moselle Department of France have attempted some limited projects to protect and revitalize the declining Lorraine-Franconian dialects which were historically spoken in the region.^[3] The dialect historically spoken in Sierck is closely related to the Saarländisch dialects and Luxembourgish due to the village’s proximity to the German and Luxembourg borders. Sierck has put up road signs with the Lorraine Franconian name “Siirk” as well as street names in Lorraine Franconian. Such attempts to revitalize the Lorraine Franconian language has also been replicated in other municipalities in the Moselle department such as Hettange-Grande.

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.
^ "Luxemburger Wort - "Zurück zu den gemeinsamen Wurzeln"". Retrieved 26 November 2022 – via PressReader.