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Petite-Rosselle

Field	Value
name	Petite-Rosselle
commune status	Commune
image	F57 Musée-carreau-Wendel.JPG
caption	Musée du carreau Wendel, a coal mining museum in Petite-Rosselle
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Petite-Rosselle 57.svg
arrondissement	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
canton	Forbach
INSEE	57537
postal code	57540
mayor	Eric Federspiel
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CA Forbach Porte de France
coordinates
elevation m	310
elevation min m	190
elevation max m	313
area km2	5.05
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Petite-Rosselle 57.svg

Petite-Rosselle (, , in contrast to "Big Rosselle"; ; Palatine German: Klänrossle) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. The commune is separated from neighbouring Großrosseln to its west by the small river Rossel, which forms the border between France and Germany.

History

From the year's 843 signing of the Treaty of Verdun, the location of the present commune fell within the territory of Middle Francia. Between 925–1542, it was part of the Duchy of Lorraine, within the Holy Roman Empire. From 1542-1766 it was in the independent Duchy of Lorraine. Between 1766-1871 it was incorporated into France.

Periodic wars between France and Germany led to the establishment of the frontier along the river Moselle. Between 1871–1918 the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, including Petite-Rosselle, was annexed by the German Empire.

Following the Treaty of Versailles, Petite-Rosselle returned to French control and remained so until Nazi Germany again annexed the Moselle on 25 July 1940, incorporating it as CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen into the Gau Westmark.

Petite-Roselle shares most of its history with Großrosseln (). The united commune of Rosselle was founded in 1290, and the lesser and greater parts of the commune on either side of the river were legally separated in 1326. The river Rosselle marks the border between France and Germany.

Mining

Coal was discovered in the vicinity of the town in 1856 by the de Wendel family. Mining became the principal economic activity in the commune. Today all mining operations have closed, though several mines have been conserved for historical purposes as part of the Carreau Wendel Museum.

Population

|1968 |8301 |1975 |7794 |1982 |7160 |1990 |6944 |1999 |6785 |2009 |6620 |2014 |6444 |2020 |6257

Twin towns

Germany Großrosseln (Germany)

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/57537-petite-rosselle Commune de Petite-Rosselle (57537)], INSEE
[https://parc-explor.com/en/le-parc-explor-wendel/the-history-of-the-explor-wendel-park/# The history of the Explor Wendel Park], Parc Explor Wendel
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-57537#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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