Woëvre

The Woëvre is a French landscape in Lorraine.

The Woëvre ( German: Waber country) lies mostly in the department of Meuse. It extends from the valley of the Meuse right Chiers in the north to the south Neufchâteau. In the west it is bounded by the valley of the Meuse, its eastern border is based on the border of the département of Meurthe -et -Moselle, in which it protrudes in the south especially. The southernmost tip is located in the department of Vosges.

Neighboring regions are the Côtes de Meuse left of the Meuse, the Barrois in the south, the Côtes de Moselle in the east and the Belgian Ardennes in the north.

The Woëvre covers the western part of the Lorraine National Park ( Parc naturel régional de Lorraine ) and the Lac de Madine.

With the Côtes de Moselle the Woëvre is the driest region in Lorraine.

Many villages have the name of the landscape in place names, such as:

• Wadonville -en- Woëvre
• Fresnes -en- Woëvre
• Latour -en- Woëvre
• Marchéville -en- Woëvre
• Saint- Hilaire -en- Woëvre
• Manoncourt -en- Woëvre
• Beney -en- Woëvre
• Boinville -en- Woëvre
• Grimaucourt -en- Woëvre
• Herméville -en- Woëvre
• Jonville -en- Woëvre
• Rouvres -en- Woëvre
• Rupt -en- Woëvre
• Ville-en -Woëvre
• Saint- Benoît -en- Woëvre
• Lamarche -en- Woëvre
• Bonzée -en- Woëvre
• Saulx -en- Woëvre
• Broussey -en- Woëvre
• Savonnières -en- Woëvre

• Geography (Lorraine )
• Landscape in France