Rahling
Commune in Grand Est, France
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Rahling (French pronunciation: [ʁalɛ̃]; German: Rahlingen; Lorraine Franconian: Rahlinge) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
Rahling | |
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The chapel in Rahling | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Rahling | |
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| Coordinates: 48°59′34″N 7°12′55″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines |
| Canton | Bitche |
| Intercommunality | CC du Pays de Bitche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Claude Bach[1] |
Area 1 | 21.3 km2 (8.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 707 |
| • Density | 33.2/km2 (86.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57561 /57410 |
| Elevation | 234–366 m (768–1,201 ft) (avg. 242 m or 794 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
In 2010 the commune had 813 inhabitants (density: 38.2 people per km2).
