Sierck-les-Bains

Sierck-les-Bains (German: Bad Sierck, Lorraine Franconian: Siirk/Siirck) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Rudling, Kœnigsberg (German: Rudlingen, Königsberg)

Sierck-les-Bains
Commune
The western part of Sierck-les-Bains
The western part of Sierck-les-Bains
Coat of arms of Sierck-les-Bains
Coat of arms
Location of Sierck-les-Bains
Sierck-les-Bains is located in France
Sierck-les-Bains
Sierck-les-Bains
Sierck-les-Bains is located in Grand Est
Sierck-les-Bains
Sierck-les-Bains
Coordinates: 49°26′35″N 6°21′39″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementThionville
CantonBouzonville
IntercommunalityBouzonvillois-Trois Frontières
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Helen Lambard-Hammond[1]
Area
1
4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
1,776
 • Density370/km2 (960/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57650 /57480
Elevation145–337 m (476–1,106 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Bilingual street sign in Sierck-les-Bains in both French and Lorraine Franconian

Language Revitalization

Sierck-Les-Bains and other municipalities in the Moselle Department of France have attempted some limited projects to protect and revitalize the declining Lorraine-Franconian dialects which were historically spoken in the region.[3] The dialect historically spoken in Sierck is closely related to the Saarländisch dialects and Luxembourgish due to the village’s proximity to the German and Luxembourg borders. Sierck has put up road signs with the Lorraine Franconian name “Siirk” as well as street names in Lorraine Franconian. Such attempts to revitalize the Lorraine Franconian language has also been replicated in other municipalities in the Moselle department such as Hettange-Grande.

Panorama of Sierck les bains from the Stromberg 180°

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. "Luxemburger Wort - "Zurück zu den gemeinsamen Wurzeln"". Retrieved 26 November 2022 – via PressReader.


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