Meurthe-et-Moselle

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 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.^[3]

Meurthe-et-Moselle
Department
Prefecture building of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in Nancy
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Meurthe-et-Moselle in France
Coordinates: 48°40′N 06°10′E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Prefecture	Nancy
Subprefectures	Val de Briey Lunéville Toul
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Chaynesse Khirouni[1] (PS)
Area 1
• Total	5,246 km2 (2,025 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	732,486
• Rank	33rd
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	54
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	23
Communes	591
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

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.^[4]

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 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.

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:

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1801 338,115 —     1831 415,568 +0.69% 1841 444,603 +0.68% 1851 450,423 +0.13% 1861 428,643 −0.49% 1872 365,137 −1.45% 1881 419,317 +1.55% 1891 444,150 +0.58% 1901 484,722 +0.88% 1911 564,730 +1.54% 1921 503,810 −1.13% 1931 592,632 +1.64%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 576,041 −0.57% 1946 528,805 −0.85% 1954 607,022 +1.74% 1962 678,078 +1.39% 1968 705,413 +0.66% 1975 722,588 +0.34% 1982 716,846 −0.11% 1990 711,822 −0.09% 1999 713,779 +0.03% 2006 725,303 +0.23% 2011 733,124 +0.21% 2016 733,821 +0.02%
Figures before 1872 refer to the Meurthe department. Sources:[5][6]

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Nancy, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:^[3]

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

See also: Departmental Council of Meurthe-et-Moselle

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	%
	2022	Emmanuel Macron	LREM	54.42	Marine Le Pen	FN	45.58
	2017[7]	Emmanuel Macron	LREM	60.66	Marine Le Pen	FN	39.34
	2012	François Hollande	PS	53.06	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	46.94
	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	51.12	Ségolène Royal	PS	48.88
	2002[7]	Jacques Chirac	RPR	81.72	Jean-Marie Le Pen	FN	18.28
	1995[8]	Lionel Jospin	PS	51.99	Jacques Chirac	RPR	48.01

Current National Assembly Representatives

Constituency		Member[9]	Party
	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st constituency	Carole Grandjean	La République En Marche!
	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd constituency	Laurent Garcia	MoDem
	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency	Xavier Paluszkiewicz	La République En Marche!
	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 4th constituency	Thibault Bazin	The Republicans
	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th constituency	Dominique Potier	Socialist Party
	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 6th constituency	Caroline Fiat	La France Insoumise

Tourism

• 
  Detail of the Place Stanislas in Nancy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• 
  Walls and cathedral of Toul
• 
  House near the château of Prény
• 
  General Lasalle monument in Lunéville
• 
  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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
2. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Populations légales 2019: 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle, INSEE
4. Décret no 96-709 du 7 août 1996 portant modification des limites territoriales de départements, d'arrondissements et de cantons, Légifrance
5. "Historique de Meurthe-et-Moselle". Le SPLAF.
6. "Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
7. "Présidentielles".
8. "Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania".
9. Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.

External links

• Prefecture website (in French)
• Departmental council website Archived 13 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Tourism website (in French)