Baronville Explained
| Baronville |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Baronville (Moselle).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton: | Sarralbe |
| Insee: | 57051 |
| Postal Code: | 57340 |
| Mayor: | Bernard Jacquot[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Saint-Avold Synergie |
| Coordinates: | 48.9347°N 6.6092°W |
| Elevation M: | 290 |
| Elevation Min M: | 251 |
| Elevation Max M: | 322 |
| Area Km2: | 6.18 |
Baronville (pronounced as /fr/; de|Baronweiler, 1941–44 Barenweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.[2]
History
- Previous names: Barunvilla (896), Barandorf (1361), Barendorff (1383, 1461).
- In 2007 a group of three University of York students attempted to get the fictitious town of 'BaronVille' onto the new UK version of the board game Monopoly. The news media thought that this was a French plot and reported, without sources, that the people of Baronville itself were behind it.[3] [4]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
- https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/57051-baronville INSEE commune file
- https://metro.co.uk/2007/05/03/a-new-monopoly-bid-by-the-french-322512 A new monopoly bid by the French
- https://metro.co.uk/2007/09/24/england-has-monopoly-monopoly-176576 England has Monopoly monopoly
