Avricourt, Moselle

This article is about the Moselle department commune. For the adjacent Meurthe-et-Moselle commune, see Avricourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Avricourt (French pronunciation: [avʁikuʁ]; German: Deutsch-Avricourt, from 1915: Elfringen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Avricourt
Commune
The town hall in Avricourt
Coat of arms
Location of Avricourt
Avricourt Show map of France Avricourt Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°39′05″N 6°48′25″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Sarrebourg
Intercommunality	CC Sarrebourg - Moselle Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Denny[1]
Area 1	10.32 km2 (3.98 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	578
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57042 /57810
Elevation	240–334 m (787–1,096 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avricourt, Moselle is adjacent to Avricourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle with which it formed a single entity until a revision of the Treaty of Frankfurt in 1871.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	877	—
1975	811	−1.11%
1982	725	−1.59%
1990	669	−1.00%
1999	647	−0.37%
2009	686	+0.59%
2014	658	−0.83%
2020	583	−2.00%
Source: INSEE[3]

Avricourt in 1915

See also

• Avricourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle
• Communes of the Moselle department
• Parc naturel régional de Lorraine