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Meurthe-et-Moselle (French pronunciation: [mœʁt e mɔzɛl] ⓘ) is a département in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, Moselle and Bas-Rhin and it borders the Belgian province of ...
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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 that were left to France with Nancy as is capital. It was divided in 4 arrondissements: Briey, Lunéville, Toul and Nancy. The current boundary between Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle was the border between Fran...
The Meurthe-et-Moselle department is in the Grand Est region. It is bordered by 4 departments, all in the same region. To the northwest, the department borders Belgium and Luxembourg. 1. Grand Est region 1.1. Moselledepartment (north and east) 1.2. Bas-Rhin(a short distance in the southeast) 1.3. Vosges(south) 1.4. Meuse(west) Meurthe-et-Moselle ha...
Meurthe-et-Moselle is managed by the Departmental Council of Meurthe-et-Moselle in Nancy. The department is part of the Grand Estregion.
The inhabitants of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department are known, in French, as Meurthois or Meurthe-et-Mosellans (women: Meurthoises or Meurthe-et-Mosellanes), Meurthe-et-Moselle had a population, in 2013, of 731,004, for a population density of 139.3 inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Nancy, with 417,430 inhabitants, is the arrondissementwith m...
The economy was highly dependent on mining until the 1960s. There are iron, salt, and lime mines. The urban area around Nancy has a very active economy based largely on services, research, and higher education.
Detail of the Place Stanislas in Nancy, a UNESCO World Heritage SiteWalls and cathedral of ToulGeneral Lasalle monument in LunévilleThe Moselle river near Pont-à-MoussonMeurthe-et-Moselle. Meurthe-et-Moselle (French pronunciation: [mœʁte mɔzɛl]) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.
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Lorraine, historical region and former région of France, incorporated since January 2016 into the région of Grand Est. As an administrative entity it encompassed the northeastern départements of Vosges, Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Moselle.
Meurthe et Moselle. The department of Meurthe-et-Moselle is in the middle of the Lorrraine region, bordered in the north by Belgium and Luxembourg and sandwiched between Moselle and Meurthe.
MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE, a department of north-eastern France, formed in 1871 out of those parts of the old departments of Meurthe and Moselle which continued French. Before 1790 it belonged to Lorraine, or to one or other of the bishoprics of Toul, Metz and Verdun.
