Gondrexange

Gondrexange

Gondrexange

Commune in Grand Est, France

Gondrexange (French pronunciation: [ɡɔ̃dʁɛksɑ̃ʒ]; German: Gunderchingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Geography

This municipality is located in the historic region of Lorraine and is part of the pays de Sarrebourg.

The Gondrexange stream has its source in the commune of Réchicourt-le-Château and flows into the Saar at Imling, after passing through seven communes.

Gondrexange is part of the Lorraine Regional Natural Park.[3]

Although the commune is crossed by the Paris-Strasbourg railway line, its train station is nowadays closed.

Toponymy

Former names:[4] 1240 : Gundersingen, 1246: Guntersingen, 1401-1402: Gunnedrakin, Gunnedrekin et Gunedrekin, 1460: Gondresenges, Gunderchingen et Gundeschingen, 1461: Gondressanges, 1519: Gondrechingen, 1751: Gunderichingen seu Gondrechanges, 1793: Gondrexauge, 1801: Gondrexange, 1915–1918 et 1940–1944: Gunderchingen.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Décret n° 2015-73 du 27 janvier 2015 portant renouvellement du classement du parc naturel régional de Lorraine (région Lorraine)". Légifrance (in French). 29 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    Lepage, Henri (1862). Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe (in French). Paris: Imprimerie Impériale.


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