Seille (Moselle)

The river in Vic- sur- seille

The seille is a right tributary of the Moselle River in the French region of Lorraine.

Course

The source stream of seille, the Ruisseau de Guessing, rises in the Regional Natural Park of Lorraine, in the municipality of Maizières- lès -Vic, nor changes in the headwaters of several times his name and eventually flows into the Linder pond ( frz: Etang de Lindre ), he at Lindre - Lower leaves again under its final name seille. The river dewatered in parts strong formation of meanders generally in a northwesterly direction and flows after 138 kilometers in the city of Metz in the Moselle. On their way the seille crosses the departments of Moselle and Meurthe -et -Moselle, and forms in their middle reaches over a long distance the boundary between the two departments.

Name

One calls the seille the Lorraine seille or the Great seille to distinguish it from the seille which opens in the Burgundy region in the Saone. The river was officially named seille until 1916 the name was changed to Selle during the German rule ( 1871 to 1918 ). In the name of Selz occasionally specified as German name is a misconception stemming from the 1915 made ​​renaming of Coin -sur- Seille Selzeck.

Places on the river

  • Azoudange
  • Dieuze
  • Vic- sur- seille
  • Brin -sur -Seille
  • Nomeny
  • Marly
  • Metz
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