Meurthe-et-Moselle

The department of Meurthe -et -Moselle [ mœʀtemɔzɛl ] is a French department of atomic number 54, it is located in the Lorraine region and is named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers. The capital city (prefecture, French préfecture ) is Nancy, sub-prefectures are Briey, Luneville and Toul.

Geography

The department is bordered to the north by the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg District of Luxembourg, in the northeast on the Moselle, in the extreme southeast of the département of Bas- Rhin, in the south of the department of Vosges and in the west to the Meuse.

Coat of arms

In gold, a red slant right bar topped with three silver eagles gestümmelten, accompanied by two blue right diagonal lying wave bars.

This is the coat of arms of the old Duchy of Lorraine, the department is in the center, supplemented by the two wavy blue bars symbolizing the rivers Meurthe and Moselle rivers.

History

The department was established on September 7, 1871 with the four arrondissements Briey, Luneville, Nancy and Toul.

The German -speaking part of Lorraine was annexed as a result of the German - French war in the form of an imperial country the territory of the newly founded German Empire, consisting of smaller areas of the Meurthe and larger areas of the department of Moselle. The remaining areas in France the two departments were merged to form the new department of Meurthe -et -Moselle.

The present border between the departments of Moselle and Meurthe -et -Moselle was from 1871 to 1919 the state border between Germany ( German Empire ) and France ( French Third Republic). After Germany under the Versailles Treaty had to return the territory of the Empire State back to France as a result of defeat in the First World War in 1919, the French government maintained the 1871 border drawn between the departments.

From 1926 to 1943, the arrondissements Toul was dissolved. In 1997, the village of Han -devant- Pierrepont was the département of Meurthe -et -Moselle affiliated, previously it belonged to the Meuse.

Cities

The most densely populated municipalities of the department of Meurthe -et -Moselle are:

Administrative divisions

The department of Meurthe -et -Moselle is divided into 4 arrondissements, 44 cantons and 594 communes:

  • List of cantons in the department of Meurthe -et -Moselle
  • List of municipalities in the department of Meurthe -et -Moselle

Traffic

Through the department of Meurthe -et -Moselle, the LGV Est high-speed line européenne leads with 1510 m long viaduct at Mosel Vandières.

Attractions

  • Nancy Place Stanislas ( World Heritage Site)
  • Luneville with its Rococo palace
  • The Cathedral Saint- Étienne in Toul
  • The Basilica of Saint- Nicolas- de-Port
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