Pays de Bitche
Pays de Bitche
Bitscherland / Bitcherland | |
|---|---|
Natural region | |
| Coordinates: 49°03′09″N 7°25′33″E / 49.0525°N 7.42583333333°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines |
| Capital | Bitche |
| Area | |
• Total | 61,589 km2 (23,780 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
• Total | 35,873 |
| • Density | 0.58/km2 (1.5/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bitscherlänner / Bitcherlänner |
| Vehicle registration | 57 |
| Website | tourisme-paysdebitche.fr |
The Pays de Bitche (French pronunciation: [pe.i də bitʃ], literally Land of Bitche, German: Bitscherland or Bitcherland) is a natural region in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region of France. It corresponds to the present French part of the former principality of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and to the part of the Northern Vosges that lies within Lorraine.
The Pays de Bitche has a total of 47 municipalities. 46 of them are gathered into the Bitche canton and the remaining one, Kalhausen, is a part of the Sarreguemines canton.