Andilly, Meurthe-et-Moselle

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Andilly

(2020–2026) Yvan Tardy^[1]Area

7.12 km² (2.75 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

286 • Density40/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

54016 /54200

Elevation213–254 m (699–833 ft)
(avg. 220 m or 720 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Andilly (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃diji] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	202	—
1975	155	−3.71%
1982	190	+2.95%
1990	205	+0.95%
1999	218	+0.69%
2009	286	+2.75%
2014	283	−0.21%
2020	287	+0.23%
Source: INSEE^[3]

German war cemetery

The German War Cemetery Andilly ('Kriegsgräberstätte Andilly' in German), holding 33,123 German Second World War casualties, is the largest such WWII facility in France. First established on a provisional base in September 1944, it was officially inaugurated in 1962.^[4]

It contains the graves of:

Fritz Klingenberg (1912-1945), Obersturmbannführer, Waffen SS^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Kriegsgräberstätte: Frankreich: Andilly". Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "Klingenberg, Fritz 'Fritzy' (Waffen SS)". TracesOfWar.com. Badhoevedorp, Netherlands. Retrieved 30 September 2023.