Amnéville

Amnéville (French pronunciation: [amnevil]; German: Amenweiler, 1940–45: Stahlheim) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The town is an important tourist and thermal spa centre in France.

Amnéville
Commune
The church in Amnéville
Coat of arms
Location of Amnéville
Amnéville Show map of France Amnéville Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 49°15′41″N 6°08′33″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Metz
Canton	Rombas
Intercommunality	Pays Orne-Moselle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Munier[1]
Area 1	10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	10,853
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57019 /57360
Elevation	157–366 m (515–1,201 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Amnéville is located in the Moselle valley, between Metz and Thionville.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1895 93 —     1900 2,066 +85.92% 1905 3,427 +10.65% 1910 4,192 +4.11% 1921 5,006 +1.63% 1926 5,555 +2.10% 1931 6,649 +3.66% 1936 5,642 −3.23% 1946 6,092 +0.77% 1954 7,050 +1.84%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1962 8,149 +1.83% 1968 7,878 −0.56% 1975 8,996 +1.91% 1982 8,951 −0.07% 1990 8,926 −0.03% 1999 9,314 +0.47% 2007 10,150 +1.08% 2012 10,069 −0.16% 2017 10,416 +0.68%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

History

A Celtic presence on the municipal territory of Amnéville has been attested since the 6th century BC. Excavations have demonstrated the existence of a village and a necropolis.

Amnéville was part of the Duchy of Bar until 1480, then of the Duchy of Lorraine.

During the first German annexation, in 1894, the municipality of Amnéville was created by splitting the municipality of Gandrange. The Rombas factory was created at this time. The new municipality was named Stahlheim, literally "City of Steel". Stahlheim-Amnéville, will later be renamed Amnéville-Stahlheim. It became French again in 1919. In 1974, it absorbed the former commune Malancourt-la-Montagne.^[5]

Sights

• Traces of Roman road
• Remains of a Roman bridge
• 14th-century castle and church
• Zoo d'Amnéville

Other sights include the casino that hosted a stage of the 2010/2011 World Poker Tour season^[6] and an indoor ski slope. Amnéville also has a tourist and thermal center.^{[citation needed]}

Personalities

• Patrick Battiston, footballer
• Raymond Baratto, footballer

Sport

• The Amneville Golf Club

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department