Zoufftgen

Zoufftgen
Commune
The mairie (town hall) in Zoufftgen
Coat of arms
Zoufftgen Zoufftgen
Coordinates: 49°27′47″N 6°08′01″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Yutz
Intercommunality	Cattenom et Environs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Paquet
Area 1	16.7 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Zoufftgenois, Zoufftgenoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57764 /57330
Elevation	200–395 m (656–1,296 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Zoufftgen (French pronunciation: ​[zufgən]; German: Suftgen, Luxembourgish: Suuftgen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 600 —     1800 682 +1.85% 1806 550 −3.52% 1821 742 +2.02% 1836 719 −0.21% 1841 731 +0.33% 1861 702 −0.20% 1866 729 +0.76% 1872 637 −2.22% 1876 605 −1.28% 1881 593 −0.40% 1886 615 +0.73% 1891 615 +0.00% 1896 628 +0.42% 1901 626 −0.06% 1906 596 −0.98% 1911 637 +1.34% 1921 600 −0.60% 1926 614 +0.46% 1931 571 −1.44% 1936 544 −0.96% 1946 395 −3.15%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1954 431 +1.10% 1962 470 +1.09% 1968 455 −0.54% 1975 490 +1.06% 1982 664 +4.44% 1990 597 −1.32% 1999 608 +0.20% 2006 667 +1.33% 2007 676 +1.35% 2008 749 +10.80% 2009 811 +8.28% 2010 872 +7.52% 2011 933 +7.00% 2012 1,006 +7.82% 2013 1,042 +3.58% 2014 1,097 +5.28% 2015 1,153 +5.10% 2016 1,208 +4.77% 2017 1,222 +1.16% 2018 1,233 +0.90% 2019 1,245 +0.97%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

2006 rail crash

Main article: 2006 Zoufftgen train collision

On the morning of 11 October 2006 a passenger train and a goods train collided head-on, killing six people.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department