Dabo, Moselle

For other uses, see Dabo (disambiguation).

Dabo
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Coat of arms of Dabo Coat of arms
Dabo
Location within Lorraine region Dabo
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg
Canton	Phalsbourg
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Phalsbourg
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joseph Weber
Area1	48.12 km2 (18.58 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	2,780
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dabo (German: Dagsburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

History

Previous names: 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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,993	—
1968	3,008	+0.5%
1975	2,982	−0.9%
1982	2,913	−2.3%
1990	2,789	−4.3%
1999	2,780	−0.3%
2006	2,663	−4.2%
2010	2,625	−1.4%

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Dabo

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department