page_title: Hombourg-Haut
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Hombourg-Haut / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Map commune FR insee code 57332.png
context_page_description: Hombourg-Haut is a commune located in the department of Moselle, region of Grand Est, in the cultural and historical region Lorraine, north-eastern France.
  Hombourg-Haut is an old medieval fortress town, built in the thirteenth century by the bishops of Metz. The old village lies at the foot of the imposing collegiate church in a green and wooded landscape.
  Nowadays, the city has several neighbourhoods: the old Hombourg, the old village of Hellering, urban areas with HLMs built in the 1950s-1960s and residential district. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Hombourgeois and Hombourgeoises.
context_section_description: Hombourg-Haut is situated thirty two miles east of Metz (capitale of the département de la Moselle) and thirteen miles southwest of Saarbrücken (Germany). 
  It is surrounded by the following towns and villages: Saint-Avold, Freyming-Merlebach, Betting, Guenviller and Macheren.
   
  The Rossell, a small affluent of the Saar River, flows through Hombourg-Haut.
caption: Carte de la commune.
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