Spicheren

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Spicheren

(2020–2026) Claude Klein^[1]Area

8.11 km² (3.13 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,218 • Density400/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57659 /57350

Elevation220–357 m (722–1,171 ft)
(avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Spicheren (French pronunciation: [spiʃʁən];^[3]^[4]^[5] German: Spichern) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located on the German border, lying next to the city of Saarbrücken.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,355	—
1975	2,414	+0.35%
1982	2,593	+1.03%
1990	3,008	+1.87%
1999	3,287	+0.99%
2007	3,249	−0.15%
2012	3,198	−0.32%
2017	3,224	+0.16%
Source: INSEE^[6]

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.
^ "L'info du mardi 11 août 2020 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ "Moselle : un hôpital pour poupées. - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ Sadler, Stephanie (17 February 2023). "18 équipes à l'Open de Volley à Spicheren". TV8 Moselle-Est (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE