Volstroff

Volstroff
Commune
Saint Michel church
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°18′43″N 6°15′36″E / 49.3119°N 6.26°E / 49.3119; 6.26Coordinates: 49°18′43″N 6°15′36″E / 49.3119°N 6.26°E / 49.3119; 6.26
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Metzervisse
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Hubert Ditsch
Area 1	12.22 km2 (4.72 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,999
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57733 /57940
Elevation	165–238 m (541–781 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Volstroff (German: Wolsdorf, Lorraine Franconian Wolschdrëf/Wolschtrof) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Etymology[]

The toponym Volstroff is of Germanic origin, deriving from the anthroponym Volo. The suffix -stroff derives from Germanic -dorf, denoting village (see *þurpą).^[2]

See also[]

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• Communes of the Moselle department

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