Meurthe-et-Moselle

Meurthe-et-Moselle (Template:IPA, Template:Lit) is a department 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 Luxembourg and the country of Luxembourg by the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette to the north. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.<ref name=pop2019>Populations légales 2019: 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle, INSEE</ref>

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.<ref>Décret no 96-709 du 7 août 1996 portant modification des limites territoriales de départements, d'arrondissements et de cantons, Légifrance</ref>

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 by the salient of the arrondissement of Val-de-Briey. It is one of two departments in France which border with Luxembourg. 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, and 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 an economy based largely on services, research, and higher education.

Transport

The department is served by Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport which provides scheduled air service to several cities in France and some North African countries. However, other airports such as Luxembourg Airport and Strasbourg Airport are also used by air travellers from the department.

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:Template:Historical populations

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Nancy, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2019/>

Commune	Population (2019)
Nancy	105,058
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy	29,942
Lunéville	17,867
Toul	15,633
Longwy	14,774
Villers-lès-Nancy	14,525
Pont-à-Mousson	14,497
Laxou	14,366
Saint-Max	10,019
Villerupt	10,003

Politics

Template:See also The president of the Departmental Council is Chaynesse Khirouni, elected in July 2021.

Presidential elections 2nd round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%	2nd Place Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2022	Emmanuel Macron	LREM	54.42	Marine Le Pen	FN	45.58
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2017<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref>	Emmanuel Macron	LREM	60.66	Marine Le Pen	FN	39.34
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2012	François Hollande	PS	53.06	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	46.94
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	51.12	Ségolène Royal	PS	48.88
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2002<ref name="auto"/>	Jacques Chirac	RPR	81.72	Jean-Marie Le Pen	FN	18.28
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Lionel Jospin	PS	51.99	Jacques Chirac	RPR	48.01

Current National Assembly Representatives

Constituency		Member<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st constituency	Carole Grandjean	La République En Marche!
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd constituency	Laurent Garcia	MoDem
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency	Xavier Paluszkiewicz	La République En Marche!
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 4th constituency	Thibault Bazin	The Republicans
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th constituency	Dominique Potier	Socialist Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 6th constituency	Caroline Fiat	La France Insoumise

Tourism

• 
  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 river Moselle 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

External links

• Prefecture website Template:In lang
• Departmental council website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
• Tourism website Template:In lang