Hampont | |
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 The church in Hampont | |
.svg/73px-Blason_de_la_ville_de_Hampont_(Moselle).svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Hampont  | |
  Hampont  Hampont | |
| Coordinates: 48°50′11″N 6°34′58″E / 48.8364°N 6.5828°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
| Canton | Le Saulnois |
| Intercommunality | CC du Saulnois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylvain Scherrer[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.23 km2 (4.34 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2021)[2] | 171 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57290 /57170 |
| Elevation | 207–321 m (679–1,053 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Hampont (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃pɔ̃]) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
History
SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke (1892–1943), second commandant of the Dachau concentration camp, was born here in 1892.
The town was formally known by the German name Hudingen between 1871 and 1918 and Hüdingen between 1940 and 1944.
See also
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.
External links
Media related to Hampont at Wikimedia Commons
This page was last edited on 3 August 2023, at 22:07