Vittersbourg

Vittersbourg
Vittersbourg
Commune
	The church in Vittersbourg
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vittersbourg
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	Coordinates: 48°57′03″N 6°55′46″E / 48.9508°N 6.9294°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Le Saulnois
Intercommunality	Saulnois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilbert Rostoucher
Area 1	7.13 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Population (2021)	337
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57725 /57670
Elevation	218–253 m (715–830 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vittersbourg (German: Wittersburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Etymology

The toponym Vittersbourg is of Germanic origen, deriving from anthroponym Widhari.^[3]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Caljouw, William Robert (1981). "Germanic elements in French Toponymy". University of British Columbia: 152. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Retrieved 12 January 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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