Schneckenbusch

Schneckenbusch
Coat of arms of Schneckenbusch Coat of arms
Schneckenbusch
Location within Lorraine region Schneckenbusch
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Phalsbourg
Intercommunality	Communauté de Communes de la Vallée de la Bièvre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Rémy Bier
Area1	2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	290
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57637 / 57400
Elevation	259–324 m (850–1,063 ft) (avg. 280 m or 920 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.

Schneckenbusch (Schneggebesch in Rhine Franconian) is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France. The word Schneckenbusch means "snails bush" in German.

Geography

Schneckenbusch is a little village in the south-east of Sarrebourg. The village is crossed by a little river, the Bièvre, which rises from the bottom of the Vosges Mountains. Schneckenbusch is too crossed by the Marne-Rhine Canal who opened in 1853.

The commune is situated at 47 miles of Strasbourg, 50 miles of Saarbrücken, 56 miles of Nancy and 78 miles of Metz.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department