Schneckenbusch | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Schneckenbusch (Moselle).svg |
Arrondissement: | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
Canton: | Phalsbourg |
Insee: | 57637 |
Postal Code: | 57400 |
Mayor: | Rémy Bier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 48.7047°N 7.0783°W |
Elevation M: | 280 |
Elevation Min M: | 259 |
Elevation Max M: | 324 |
Area Km2: | 2.12 |
Schneckenbusch – Schneggebesch in Rhine Franconian and Alemannic – is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The word Schneckenbusch is German for "snails bush".
Schneckenbusch is a little village in the south-east of Sarrebourg. The village is crossed by a little river, the Bièvre, which rises from the bottom of the Vosges Mountains. Schneckenbusch is too crossed by the Marne-Rhine Canal who opened in 1853.
The commune is situated at 47 miles from Strasbourg, 50 miles from Saarbrücken, 56 miles from Nancy and 78 miles from Metz.