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Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes
Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes
Commune
	The church in Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes
	Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes
	Coordinates: 49°11′32″N 6°00′11″E / 49.1922°N 6.0031°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Metz
Canton	Rombas
Intercommunality	Pays Orne-Moselle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvie Lamarque
Area 1	10.19 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population (2022)	4,512
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57620 /57255
Elevation	205–323 m (673–1,060 ft) ; (avg. 290 m or 950 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes (French: [sɛ̃t maʁi o ʃɛːn]; German: Marieneichen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,365	—
1975	3,326	−0.17%
1982	3,317	−0.04%
1990	3,302	−0.06%
1999	3,328	+0.09%
2007	3,589	+0.95%
2012	3,959	+1.98%
2017	4,216	+1.27%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Coat of arms

The town's name means "Saint Mary at the oaks" in French, and the town's coat of arms can be described as canting: Azure an oak tree eradicated or, between two letters S and M of the last.