Spicheren

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Spicheren

Total population

3,218

Elevation220 m

Land area8.11 km²

Coordinates49.19°, 6.97°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Spicheren is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located on the German border, lying next to the city of Saarbrücken. It was also where the first shots of the Franco-Prussian war were fired during the Battle of Spicheren.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Franz Thomas Bruss

Belgian-German professor of mathematics

Franz Hoen

French politician (1864-1935)

August Merges

German politician (1870-1945)

Arthur Nasse

German jurist

E

Ewald Reinhard

German specialist in literature and writer (1884-1956)

L

Leo Stefan Schmitt

German politician

F

Fritz Leist

German psychotherapist (1913–1974)

G

Georg Blank

German politician (1887-1966)

G

Gerhard Weißgerber

German chess player (1905–1937)

W

Wanda Bräuniger

German actress and voice actress (1899–1990)

A

Alexander Bettendorff

German actor

H

Heinrich Barth

politician (1895-1949)

Herbert Bastian

German chess player, chess coach and author

H

Hilmar Duerbeck

German astronomer (1948-2012)

Jean Herly

French civil servant (1920–1998)

J

Johann Michael Schang

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Grand Est

• Alsting
  1.7 mi away · pop. 2,499
• Behren-lès-Forbach
  2.1 mi away · pop. 6,433
• Forbach
  3.3 mi away · pop. 21,130
• Grosbliederstroff
  3.6 mi away · pop. 3,297
• Morsbach
  4.9 mi away · pop. 2,666
• Puttelange-aux-Lacs
  9.8 mi away · pop. 3,051
• Siltzheim
  10.6 mi away · pop. 620
• L'Hôpital
  10.8 mi away · pop. 5,182
• Petit-Ebersviller
  12 mi away · pop. 2,809
• Herbitzheim
  13.2 mi away · pop. 1,842
• Folschviller
  15.3 mi away · pop. 3,957
• Keskastel
  15.8 mi away · pop. 1,493

Browse all places in Grand Est →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

white clover

Trifolium repens

Seen 2026-06-02

field horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Seen 2026-06-02

Eurasian Smoothwing

Scaeva pyrastri

Seen 2026-06-01

Blue Featherleg

Platycnemis pennipes

Seen 2026-06-01

Two-spotted Lady Beetle

Adalia bipunctata

Seen 2026-06-01

Rough Violet Ground Beetle

Carabus problematicus

Seen 2026-05-31

purple foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Seen 2026-05-31

hedge woundwort

Stachys sylvatica

Seen 2026-05-31

ragwort

Jacobaea vulgaris

Seen 2026-05-31

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Spicheren, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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