Munster, Moselle

Munster
Coat of arms of Munster Coat of arms
Munster
Location within Lorraine region Munster
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Château-Salins
Canton	Albestroff
Government
• Mayor	Yves Kesseler
Area1	6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	197
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57494 / 57670
Elevation	217–248 m (712–814 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Munster (German: Münster, Lothringian: Minschder) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Demographics

Historical population of Munster, Moselle

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	238	238	227	243	230	197
From the year 1968 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Architecture

File:Munstercollégiale1.jpg

Saint Nicholas church

Notable buildings include the 13th-century Saint Nicholas Collegiate Roman Catholic church (collégiale Saint-Nicolas). Some of the church's features were replicated in the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver in the U.S. state of Colorado.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department
• Parc naturel régional de Lorraine

External links

• Munster at l'Institut géographique national
• Munster at Insee
• Munster on Quid
• The other communes nearest to Munster
• Munster shown on a map of France
• Map of Munster on Mapquest