Bassing

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bassing

(2020–2026) Christian Legrand^[1]Area

6.3 km² (2.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

109 • Density17/km² (45/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

57053 /57260

Elevation220–283 m (722–928 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bassing (French pronunciation: [basɛ̃]; German: Bessingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

History

Previous names:^[3] Bessingen (1267), Bassigen (1267), Bessing (1553), Bensingen (1594), Bestingen (1665).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	139	—
1975	123	−1.73%
1982	108	−1.84%
1990	132	+2.54%
1999	142	+0.81%
2009	133	−0.65%
2014	122	−1.71%
2020	107	−2.16%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Kunst und Alterthum in Elsass-Lothringen - Franz Xaver Kraus
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE