Roppeviller

Roppeviller is a common French, located in the department of the the Moselle and the area Lorraine. The Village belongs to the Regional natural park of the Vosges of North and of the basin of life of the Moselle-is.

Geography

With the German Border and in country covered, the village of Roppeviller is stretched along the Grunnelsbach. The south-eastern part of the Ban is occupied, at the beginning of the 19th century, by pond S, today drained, supplied with ruisselets being thrown in the pond of Haspelschiedt.

History

Archaeological vestiges (polishing machine of sandstone and rock carved Gallo-Roman appearing the triad Diane, Mars and Hercules) testify to the seniority of the site, mentionnén in 1314 in the form Roppeweyler , of the name of man Germanic substantive Rappo and known Weyler , the village.

From the point of view of spiritual, Roppeviller was branch of Walschbronn until in 1802, and set up in Paroisse of the archpriest of Volmunster in 1804. The parish church, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin , in 1791 and the turn-bell-tower of Romance style added in second half of the 19th century. Curiously placed at the variation of the main axis of the agglomeration, the church overhangs the village in the south.

Administration

From the administrative point of view, the village belongs to the Canton of Bitche since 1790.

Demography

The Population increases until the middle of the 19th century, passing from 507 inhabitants in 1817 with 587 in 1844. For this time, it has not ceased decreasing, counting only 140 inhabitants with the last Recensement of 1999, its offset position constituting a heavy handicap for the Village.

Places and monuments

the church of the Assumption of the Virgin, going back to 1791, and its furniture.

Armorial bearings

The armorial bearings of the common are crossed of Gueules to the alérion of money and azure to the crowned letter M of Or of same, with the burèle heavy shower of money stitching on the partition .

The alérion recalls the membership to the county of Bitche and the Monogram that the church of Roppeviller is dedicated to the Assomption. The burèle heavy shower evokes the locality disappeared from Reichenbach .

Personalities related to the commune

Sources

mills and sawmills of the Country of Bitche , Joel Beck, 1999.
Country of Bitche 1900-1939 , Joel Beck, 2005.

See too

Common of the Moselle

External bonds

Roppeviller on the site Welcome in the Country of Bitche!
Roppeviller on the site of the Countries of Bitche and the Saar
Roppeviller on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Roppeviller on the site of INSEE
Roppeviller on the site of Quid
Localization of Roppeviller on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Roppeviller on Mapquest

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