Amnéville

Amnéville
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Coat of arms of Amnéville Coat of arms
Amnéville
Location within Lorraine region Amnéville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Metz-Campagne
Canton	Rombas
Intercommunality	Orne-Moselle
Government
• Mayor (2011–2014)	Doris Belloni
Area1	10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	10,107
• Density	970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57019 / 57360
Elevation	157–366 m (515–1,201 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 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.

Amnéville is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in northeastern France. The town is an important tourist and thermal center in France.

Geography

Amnéville is located near Metz, Nancy, and Luxembourg.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1895	93	—
1900	2,066	+2121.5%
1905	3,427	+65.9%
1910	4,192	+22.3%
1921	5,006	+19.4%
1926	5,555	+11.0%
1931	6,649	+19.7%
1936	5,642	−15.1%
1946	6,092	+8.0%
1954	7,050	+15.7%
1962	8,149	+15.6%
1968	7,878	−3.3%
1975	8,996	+14.2%
1982	8,951	−0.5%
1990	8,926	−0.3%
1999	9,314	+4.3%
2006	10,172	+9.2%
2009	10,107	−0.6%

Sights

• Traces of Roman road
• Remains of a Roman bridge
• 14th-century castle and church
• Zoo d'Amnéville

Other sights include the casino that will host a stage of the 2010/2011 World Poker Tour season and an indoor ski slope.

Personalities

• Patrick Battiston, footballer
• Raymond Baratto, footballer

Sport

• The Amneville Golf Club

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Website of the town in English