Woippy

Woippy
Commune
Woippy Church, rebuilt in 1850
Coat of arms
Woippy Woippy
Coordinates: 49°09′07″N 6°09′08″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Metz
Canton	Le Sillon Mosellan
Intercommunality	Metz Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cédric Gouth
Area 1	14.59 km2 (5.63 sq mi)
Demonym	Woippycien(ne)s
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57751 /57140
Elevation	160–228 m (525–748 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
Website	www.mairie-woippy.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Woippy (French pronunciation: [vwapi]; ‹See Tfd›German: Wappingen, [ˈvapɪŋən]; Lorraine Franconian: Weppech) is a French commune in the Moselle department, Grand Est, located near Metz.

Woippy houses the 6th Régiment du matériel (6e RMAT).

Woippy-Triage is the largest classification yard in France.

Population

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Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	9,142	—
1975	13,393	+5.61%
1982	13,816	+0.45%
1990	14,325	+0.45%
1999	13,755	−0.45%
2007	13,150	−0.56%
2012	13,133	−0.03%
2017	14,214	+1.59%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

External links

• Media related to Woippy at Wikimedia Commons