Delme is a common French located in the department of the the Moselle. Its inhabitants are called the delmois .

Geography

• It is located on the axis Metz - Strasbourg, at equal distance from Metz and Nancy, is roughly 30 to 35 km.
• It is distant from about 15 km of the regional airport, and in fact at a similar distance from station TGV Is.

History

• At the time Gallo-Roman, Delme is mentioned on the Table of Peutinger under the name AD Duodecimum (To the twelfth limits). It was a station on the road of Metz to Strasbourg. Its name is derived from the position: twelve romanized Gallic miles ( Leucae Duodecim of Metz).

• Napoleon i would have several times made stage with Delme, with the farm of the castle.

• 1871 - 1918 annexed by the German Empire, though always French-speaking person.

• Center of sorting during the second world war.

Administration

Demography

Places, monuments and events

• Center of contemporary art: one of the forty centers of French art, which invites many artists to produce works in the space of old the Synagog, building of Eastern style.
• Parish church Néo-gothique (19th century)
• an agricultural fair takes place each last Sunday of June
• Lieu of the memory
• School complex Joseph Nicolas
• Collège Andre Malraux
• Library-Media library
• Old people's home

Personalities related to the commune