Danne-et-Quatre-Vents (French pronunciation: [dan e katʁ vɑ̃]; German: Dann und Vierwinden) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
The town hall in Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
The town hall in Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
Coat of arms of Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
Location of Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
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Danne-et-Quatre-Vents is located in France
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents is located in Grand Est
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents
Coordinates: 48°46′02″N 7°17′43″E / 48.7672°N 7.2953°E / 48.7672; 7.2953
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementSarrebourg-Château-Salins
CantonPhalsbourg
IntercommunalityCC du Pays de Phalsbourg
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Luc Jacob[1]
Area
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7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
673
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57168 /57370
Elevation205–379 m (673–1,243 ft)
(avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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The municipal territory is delimited from north-east to south-east by the departmental border that separates the Moselle from the Bas-Rhin. To the south, the river Zorn serves as a natural border between the communal territories of Danne and Hultehouse.

It is the only place where the altitude of the Lorraine plateau is equal to that of the Vosges Mountains. Therefor, this place has been for millennia, the privileged crossing between the Lorraine plateau and the plain of Alsace. Thus the Roman road, now a national road, is now doubled by the A4 motorway. The railway at the bottom of a valley passes the East European LGV through the Saverne tunnel, connecting Danne-et-Quatre-Vents to Saint-Jean-Saverne.

History

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This commune is the result of the union of the village of Danne with the hamlet of Quatre-Vents. Its first lords were the Counts of Lutzelbourg, who sold it in 1611 to the House of Lorraine. A few decades later, in 1661, the Duchy of Lorraine ceded Danne-et-Quatre-Vents to the Kingdom of France in accordance with the Treaty of Vincennes.[3]

The commune was integrated into Alsace-Lorraine following the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, then returned to France following the First World War in 1918.

Historical, cultural and architectural heritage

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The commune houses the chapel Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Fontaine, whose origin dates back to the Thirty Years' War. In 1638, the Croats destroyed the chapel. In 1715, it was rebuilt by soldiers healed of a serious illness in Phalsbourg.

The remains of a Roman road and a medieval fortified house of 1347 are observable in Danne-et-Quatre-Vents.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Henri Lepage, Le département de La Meurthe : statistique historique et administrative, deuxième partie, 1843
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