Dabo | |
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Coordinates: 48°39′15″N7°14′16″E / 48.6542°N 7.2378°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Moselle |
Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
Canton | Phalsbourg |
Intercommunality | Pays de Phalsbourg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Eric Weber [1] |
Area 1 | 48.12 km2 (18.58 sq mi) |
Population | 2,384 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 57163 /57850 |
Elevation | 236–945 m (774–3,100 ft) (avg. 660 m or 2,170 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Dabo (German : Dagsburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Previous names: [3] Dasburch (1188), Dasburg (1189) Dagesburg (1227), Tagesburg (1239), Dagespurg (1313), Dachspurg (1576).
An informal Franco-German summit between President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl took place in Dabo July 19, 1983.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 3,008 | — |
1975 | 2,982 | −0.12% |
1982 | 2,913 | −0.33% |
1990 | 2,789 | −0.54% |
1999 | 2,780 | −0.04% |
2007 | 2,658 | −0.56% |
2012 | 2,639 | −0.14% |
2017 | 2,522 | −0.90% |
Source: INSEE [4] |
Dabo is mainly known for its rock, named "le Rocher de Dabo", in French. It is a pink sandstone rock crowned by the Saint-Léon chapel. Before the building of this religious site, there was a medieval castle. [5]
This place used to be a celtic worship site. Nowadays, legends are still told about the rock. [5]
Two troglodyte houses are still visible today in Dabo. They were inhabited until 1902. [6] Nowadays, tourists and hiking enthusiats can still visit this place.
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