L'Hôpital, Moselle

L'Hôpital

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L'Hôpital

Coordinates: 49°10′00″N 6°44′00″E / 49.1667°N 6.7333°ECoordinates: 49°10′00″N 6°44′00″E / 49.1667°N 6.7333°E
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Forbach
Canton Saint-Avold-2
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays naborien
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gilbert Weber
Area1 3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2004)2 5,637
  Density 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 57336 / 57490
Elevation 220–300 m (720–980 ft)
(avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
Website http://www.ville-lhopital.fr/

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.

L'Hôpital (German: Spittel) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

It is the birthplace of the Slovenian author Mile Klopčič and historian France Klopčič.

See also