Hommarting

Hommarting (French pronunciation: [ɔmaʁtɛ̃]; German: Hommartingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Hommarting
Commune
The town hall in Hommarting
Coat of arms
Location of Hommarting
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Coordinates: 48°44′21″N 7°08′45″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Sarrebourg
Intercommunality	CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Nisse[1]
Area 1	10.19 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	831
• Density	81.6/km2 (211/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57333 /57405
Elevation	257–336 m (843–1,102 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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

It is located in the Rhine watershed within the Rhine-Meuse basin. It is drained by the Eichmatte stream, the Muellermatte stream, the Bubenbach stream and the Steiglenbach.^[3]

Toponymy

Former names:^[4] Humertingen (XV^e siècle), Hummertingen (1490), Humertingen and Hommertingen (1525), Humerting (1556), Humerding (1675), Homertingen or Omertingen (1719), Homarting (1756), Hommartin (1793), Hommartingen (1871–1918), Humbertingen (1940–1944).

History

Hommarting was a former possession of the Weissembourg and Marmoutier abbeys, as well as of the Bishopric of Metz. It was also held in fief by numerous lords (Lutzelbourg, Lening-Réchicourt).

In 1661, with the treaty of Vincennes between the duke of Lorraine and Louis XIV, the commune became French.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department