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Location within Lorraine region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville-Est |
| Canton | Metzervisse |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de l'Arc mosellan |
| Mayor | Pierre Zenner (2009–2014) |
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| Elevation | 148–306 m (486–1,004 ft) (avg. 150 m/490 ft) |
| Land area1 | 18.4 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,996 (2006) |
| - Density | 108 /km2 (280 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57370/ 57970 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Kœnigsmacker is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.
Kœnigsmacker was the birthplace of Father Jean-Vincent Scheil (1858–1940), a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist, who was one of the discoverers of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia. The area was the scene of fighting during World War II when the U.S. 90th Infantry Division assaulted the nearby Fort de Koenigsmacker, one of the German Moselstellung fortresses.