Château-Rouge
Commune in Grand Est, France
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Château-Rouge (French: [ʃɑto ʁuʒ]; Lorraine Franconian: Roudendroff; German: Rothendorf) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Château-Rouge
Roudendroff | |
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The church in Château-Rouge | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Château-Rouge | |
  Château-Rouge  Château-Rouge | |
| Coordinates: 49°16′51″N 6°35′52″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Bouzonville |
| Intercommunality | CC Houve-Pays Boulageois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | René Bernard[1] |
Area 1 | 4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 296 |
| • Density | 68.5/km2 (177/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57131 /57320 |
| Elevation | 249–348 m (817–1,142 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Previous names: Château Rouge ou Rothdorf (1793), Rothdorff (1794–1795), Châteaurouge (1801).
