Delm

Delm is located 31 km southeast of Metz and about the same distance from Nancy . Neighboring communes: Tenkri and Prevokur in the northeast, Vivier and Fonteni in the east, Donjo , Laneuville-en-Solnoy and Oryokur in the southeast, Lemoncur in the south, Puzyu , Alencourt la Côte , Llocur and Ksokur in the northwest .

• In the Gallo-Roman era, Delm was referred to as lat on the Peytinger table . Ad Duodecimum ("on the twelfth terminal"), because was on the ancient Roman tract Metz-Strasbourg in 12 Gallic leagues from Metz.
• In the Renaissance belonged to the Marquisate Nomeni .
• In 1661, Delm, located on the Alsatian road, was transferred by the Duke of Lorraine Charles IV to the French King Louis XIV and, thus, became part of France.
• In 1790 he entered the department of Murt.
• Napoleon came here to the castle more than once.
• In 1871, Delm under the Frankfurt Treaty ceded to the German Empire and received the Germanized name Delm . In 1918, after the defeat of Germany in World War I, it again became part of France in the Moselle department.
• During World War II it was again occupied by Germany and bore the Germanized name Delmen in 1940-1944.

According to the 2008 census, 915 people lived in the commune.

• College Andre Malraux.

• The castle of the XVI century .
• Museum of Modern Art, located in the building of the former synagogue.
• The old Israeli cemetery (XVIII-XIX centuries).
• Church of Saint-Germain in the neo-Gothic style, built in 1859.
• Abbey of Oryokur, 1860; in the former castle of Oryokur of the 17th century .

• Victor Lemoine ( French Victor Lemoine , 1823-1911) - a famous French breeder of ornamental plants, in particular, who created many varieties of lilacs .

• Official site of the commune (French)
• National Institute of Statistics (Fr.)
• The site of the André Malraux College in Delma. (fr.)
• The site of the center of modern art in Delma. (fr.)