Berthelming

Berthelming
Commune
The cemetery chapel in Berthelming
Coat of arms
Location of Berthelming
Berthelming Berthelming
Coordinates: 48°49′01″N 7°00′23″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Sarrebourg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Erhard
Area 1	10.67 km2 (4.12 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	509
• Density	47.7/km2 (124/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57066 /57930
Elevation	231–282 m (758–925 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Berthelming (French pronunciation: [bɛʁtəlmɛ̃]; German: Berthelmingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It has a railway station on the line from Metz to Strasbourg.

History

The village was part of the seigneury of Fénétrange-Schwanhals. The commune was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	587	—
1975	556	−0.77%
1982	568	+0.31%
1990	501	−1.56%
1999	520	+0.41%
2007	519	−0.02%
2012	507	−0.47%
2017	511	+0.16%
2023	509	−0.07%
Source: INSEE

Cultural heritage and architecture

The village houses the remains of a Gallo-Roman villa.

A fortified house from the medieval period is still visible nowadays.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

External links

• Media related to Berthelming at Wikimedia Commons