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Achen is a commune in France, situated within the Grand Est region. It lies in the arrondissement of Sarreguemines and the canton of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, with the Moselle department also listed among its administrative entities. The commune shares borders with Bining, Etting, Gros-Réderching, and Kalhausen. Its official postal code is 57412, and it is associated with the canton of Bitche for electoral purposes.
The area of Achen is 12.12 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,034 residents (510 male and 501 female) and another citing 972. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 336 meters in one dataset, while other sources provide figures of 258 and 261 meters. The local timezone is Europe/Paris.
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Place details
- Locality
- Achen
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 972
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Grand Est
- Department
- Moselle
- Arrondissement
- Sarreguemines
- Canton
- Bitche
- Intercommunality
- Pays de Bitche
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Laurent Schrub
- Area
- 12.12 km (4.68 sq mi)
- Density
- 79.5/km (206/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 57006 /57412
- Elevation
- 225–336 m (738–1,102 ft) , (avg. 255 m or 837 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Achen
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Sarreguemines
- Population
- 963
- Area
- 12.12
- Elevation
- 295
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Wœlfling-lès-Sarreguemines
- Image
- Achen, Moselle, France.JPG
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- Commons category
- Achen
- postal code
- 57412
- associated electoral district
- canton of Bitche
- male population
- 510
- female population
- 501
- P8168
- Pontedera
- different from
- Achen
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-87-02-18-14
- fax number
- +33-3-87-02-06-09
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Encyclopedic overview
Achen ( French pronunciation: [axən]; Lorraine Franconian: Ache, German: Achen) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche.
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