Brouviller
Commune
The town hall in Brouviller
Coat of arms
Location of Brouviller
Brouviller Show map of France Brouviller Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°09′32″E / 48.7667°N 7.1589°E / 48.7667; 7.1589
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Phalsbourg
Intercommunality	Pays de Phalsbourg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Antoine Allard[1]
Area 1	11.24 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	428
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57114 /57635
Elevation	268–348 m (879–1,142 ft) (avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brouviller (French pronunciation: [bʁuvilɛʁ]; German: Brauweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

History

The village, belonging to the principality of Lixheim, was reunited with France in 1661 by the Treaty of Vincennes.

In 2018, Brouviller’s oldest house was destroyed by a fire.^[3]

Population

Cultural and historical heritage

Several Gallo-Roman remains are visible in the commune.

The church Saint-Rémi de Brouviller was built between 1781 and 1782. Three bells created in Nancy were installed in the bell tower in 1809 and replaced in 1922. A painting of Saint Remi, patron saint of the parish, is still in the church.^[5]

Notable people linked to the village

According to Jean-Louis Beaucarnot’s book named Le Dico des politiques, Hillary Clinton had ancestors from Brouviller.^[6]