Volmerange-les-Mines

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Volmerange-les-Mines

(2020–2026) Maurice Lorentz^[1]Area

12.92 km² (4.99 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,288 • Density180/km² (460/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57731 /57330

Elevation294–429 m (965–1,407 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Volmerange-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [vɔlməʁɑ̃ʒ le min]; German: Wollmeringen [ˈvɔlməʁɪŋən]; Luxembourgish: Wuelmereng [ˈvuəlməʀeŋ]; Lorraine Franconian: Wuelmeréngen/Wollmeréng) is a commune in the region of Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It lies on the international border with Luxembourg, with the settlement being almost contiguous with the Luxembourgish town of Dudelange. The Volmerange-les-Mines railway station offers connections to Bettembourg in Luxembourg.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,511	—
1975	1,607	+0.88%
1982	1,767	+1.37%
1990	1,755	−0.09%
1999	1,725	−0.19%
2007	2,031	+2.06%
2012	2,018	−0.13%
2017	2,189	+1.64%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Twin towns — sister cities

Volmerange-les-Mines is twinned with:

Calusco d'Adda, Italy
Saint-Genest-d'Ambière, France

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE