Munster, Moselle

Munster
Coat of arms
Munster
Location within Grand Est region  Munster
Coordinates: 48°54′58″N 6°54′24″E / 48.9161°N 6.9067°ECoordinates: 48°54′58″N 6°54′24″E / 48.9161°N 6.9067°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Le Saulnois
Government
• Mayor	Yves Kesseler
Area^1	6.6 km^2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	197
• Density	30/km^2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 Grand Est 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

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, 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