Petite-Rosselle
Petite-Rosselle | |
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Musée du carreau Wendel, a coal mining museum in Petite-Rosselle | |
Location of Petite-Rosselle | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′44″N 6°51′30″E / 49.2122°N 6.8583°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Forbach |
| Intercommunality | CA Forbach Porte de France |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Eric Federspiel |
Area 1 | 5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 6,176 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57537 /57540 |
| Elevation | 190–313 m (623–1,027 ft) (avg. 310 m or 1,020 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Petite-Rosselle (French pronunciation: [pətit ʁɔsɛl], lit. 'Little Rosselle', in contrast to "Big Rosselle"; German: Kleinrosseln; Palatine German: Klänrossle) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. The commune is separated from neighbouring Großrosseln to its west by the small river Rossel, which forms the border between France and Germany.