Dabo, Moselle

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Dabo

Coat of arms
Dabo
Coordinates: 48°39′15″N 7°14′16″E / 48.6542°N 7.2378°E / 48.6542; 7.2378Coordinates: 48°39′15″N 7°14′16″E / 48.6542°N 7.2378°E / 48.6542; 7.2378
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg
Canton Phalsbourg
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Phalsbourg
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Joseph Weber
Area
  Land1 48.12 km2 (18.58 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Population2 2,780
  Population2 Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 57163 / 57850
Elevation 236–945 m (774–3,100 ft)
(avg. 660 m or 2,170 ft)

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.

Dabo (German: Dagsburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

History

Previous names:[1] Dasburch (1188), Dasburg (1189) Dagesburg (1227), Tagesburg (1239), Dagespurg (1313), Dachspurg (1576).
An informal Franco-German summit between President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl took place in Dabo July 19, 1983.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 2,993    
1968 3,008+0.5%
1975 2,982−0.9%
1982 2,913−2.3%
1990 2,789−4.3%
1999 2,780−0.3%
2006 2,663−4.2%
2010 2,625−1.4%
Dabo

References

  1. Dictionnaire géographique de la Meurthe - Henri Lepage

See also


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