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Name | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
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Native name lang | fr |
Type | Department |
Map caption | Location of Meurthe-et-Moselle in France |
Coordinates type | region:FR_type:adm2nd_scale:1000000_source:frwiki |
Coordinates display | inline,title |
Coordinates region | FR |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision name | France |
Subdivision type1 | Region |
Subdivision name1 | Lorraine |
Seat type | Prefecture |
Seat | Nancy |
Parts type | Subprefectures |
Parts style | para |
P1 | BrieyLunévilleToul |
Leader title | President of the General Council |
Leader name | Michel Dinet |
Unit pref | Metric |
Area footnotes | |
Area total km2 | 5246 |
Population total | 713779 |
Population as of | 1999 |
Population rank | 28th |
Population density km2 | auto |
Blank name sec1 | Department number |
Blank info sec1 | 54 |
Blank name sec2 | Arrondissements |
Blank info sec2 | 4 |
Blank1 name sec2 | Cantons |
Blank1 info sec2 | 44 |
Blank2 name sec2 | Communes |
Blank2 info sec2 | 594 |
Timezone1 | CET |
Utc offset1 | +1 |
Timezone1 dst | CEST |
Utc offset1 dst | +2 |
Footnotes | French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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 Moselle department.
Its extends from north to south for 130 kilometers and between 7 and 103 kilometers from west to east.
The important rivers are the following:
The urban area around Nancy has a very dynamic economy based largely on services, research, and higher education.
The area around Nancy has become highly urbanized, whereas the Santois in the south is quite rural.
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