Maizières-lès-Metz

Maizières-lès-Metz
Maizières-lès-Metz
Location within Lorraine region  Maizières-lès-Metz
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Metz-Campagne
Canton	Maizières-lès-Metz (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Maizières-lès-Metz
Mayor	Gérard Terrier (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	159–206 m (522–676 ft) (avg. 164 m/538 ft)
Land area1	8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Population2	9,855  (2006)
- Density	1,105 /km2 (2,860 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57433/ 57280
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.

Coordinates: 49°12′45″N 6°09′42″E / 49.2125°N 6.1617°E / 49.2125; 6.1617

Maizières-lès-Metz is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

It was the original home of the German de Maizière family which, being Huguenots, had to emigrate from France to Prussia in the 17th century. Preserving the name of their original home up to the present, prominent members of the family include Lothar de Maizière, last Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic, the politician Thomas de Maizière and the general Ulrich de Maizière.

The amusement park Walygator is located in Maizières-les-Metz.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department