Walscheid

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Walscheid

(2020–2026) Michel Schiby^[1]Area

38.35 km² (14.81 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,476 • Density38/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57742 /57870

Elevation294–983 m (965–3,225 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Walscheid (French pronunciation: [valʃaid]; Lorraine Franconian Wolscheid) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,709	—
1975	1,742	+0.27%
1982	1,676	−0.55%
1990	1,624	−0.39%
1999	1,621	−0.02%
2007	1,645	+0.18%
2012	1,609	−0.44%
2017	1,536	−0.92%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Notable people

Clotilde Ngouabi (1940–2019), French-born First Lady of the Republic of the Congo (1969 - 1972)

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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE