Meurthe-et-Moselle

Meurthe-et-Moselle
Department
Prefecture building of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in Nancy
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Meurthe-et-Moselle in France
Coordinates: 48°40′N 06°10′E / 48.667°N 6.167°E / 48.667; 6.167Coordinates: 48°40′N 06°10′E / 48.667°N 6.167°E / 48.667; 6.167
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Prefecture	Nancy
Subprefectures	Briey Lunéville Toul
Government
• President of the General Council	Valérie Beausert-Leick (PS)
Area 1
• Total	5,246 km2 (2,025 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	733,481
• Rank	33rd
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	54
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	23
Communes	591
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

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Meurthe-et-Moselle (French pronunciation: [mœʁt e mɔzɛl] (listen)) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.

History[]

Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French territory.

The current boundary between Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle was the border between France and Germany from 1871 to 1919 and again between 1940 and 1944. The only subsequent change took place in 1997 and involved the incorporation, for administrative reasons, of the little commune of Han-devant-Pierrepont which had previously fallen within the Meuse department.

Geography[]

Meurthe-et-Moselle is part of the administrative region of Grand Est and the traditional region of Lorraine and is surrounded by the departments of Meuse, Vosges, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle; and by the nations of Luxembourg and Belgium. Parts of Meurthe-et-Moselle belong to the Lorraine Regional Natural Park.

The department extends for 130 km from north to south and is between 7 and 103 km wide.

Its chief rivers are:

• the Moselle
• the Meurthe
• the Chiers
• the Vezouze

Economy[]

The economy was highly dependent on mining until the 1960s. There are iron, salt, and lime extraction sites. The urban area around Nancy has a very dynamic economy based largely on services, research, and higher education.

Demographics[]

The inhabitants of the department are known as Meurthe-et-Mosellans. The area around Nancy has become highly urbanized, whereas the Saintois in the south is quite rural.

Population development since 1801:

Politics[]

Current National Assembly Representatives[]

Tourism[]

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  Detail of the Place Stanislas in Nancy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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  Walls and cathedral of Toul

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  House near the château of Prény

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  General Lasalle monument in Lunéville

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  The Moselle river near Pont-à-Mousson

See also[]

• Arrondissements of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
• Cantons of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meurthe-et-Moselle.

• Prefecture website (in French)
• General council website (in French)
• Tourism website (in French)