Rohrbach-lès-Bitche

For other uses, see Rohrbach.

Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʁbak lɛ bitʃ], lit. 'Rohrbach near Bitche'; German: Rohrbach bei Bitsch; Lorraine Franconian: Roerbach) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

Rohrbach-lès-Bitche
Commune
The Ouvrage Rohrbach
Coat of arms
Location of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche
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Coordinates: 49°02′46″N 7°15′56″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Bitche
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Bitche
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Gabriel Scheh[1]
Area 1	13.28 km2 (5.13 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,290
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57589 /57410
Elevation	252–384 m (827–1,260 ft) (avg. 306 m or 1,004 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche.

Geography

Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is crossed from west to east by the road connecting Sarreguemines to Bitche. The road towards Sarre-Union branches off in the centre of the village.

Located in the open country, at an elevation of around 260 metres, the village is dominated to the west by the 360-metre-tall Guckenberg, the last hill of the Lorraine plateau. It is one of the earliest villages of the Pays de Bitche. The Vosges pink sandstone appears on the outskirts of the commune, but is mostly covered by forest.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,623	—
1975	1,797	+1.47%
1982	2,019	+1.68%
1990	2,113	+0.57%
1999	2,115	+0.01%
2007	2,153	+0.22%
2012	2,079	−0.70%
2017	2,283	+1.89%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department