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Créhange
Administration Country France Region Lorraine Department Moselle Arrondissement Boulay-Moselle Canton Faulquemont Intercommunality Communauté de communes du District urbain de Faulquemont Mayor François Lavergne
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 232–388 m (761–1,273 ft)
(avg. 325 m/1,066 ft)Land area1 10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi) Population2 3,891 (1999) - Density 372 /km2 (960 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 57159/ 57690 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 49°03′49″N 6°34′58″E / 49.0636111111°N 6.58277777778°E
Créhange (German: Kriechingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.
It has a population of 3900 (as of 1999).
Until 1793, Créhange was the capital of the County of Kriechingen, a state of the Holy Roman Empire.
See also
Categories:- Communes of Moselle
- Moselle geography stubs
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