Meurthe-et-Moselle
{{short description|Department of France}}
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| subdivision_name1 = Grand Est
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| seat_type = Prefecture
| seat = Nancy
| parts_type = Subprefectures
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| p1 = Val de Briey
Lunéville
Toul
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| leader_party = PS
| leader_title = President of the Departmental Council
| leader_name = Chaynesse Khirouni{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/601ef073-d986-4582-8e1a-ed14dc857fba|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}
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Meurthe-et-Moselle ({{IPA|fr|mœʁt e mɔzɛl|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Meurthe-et-Moselle.wav}}) 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.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep54.pdf Populations légales 2019: 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle], INSEE
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.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000561502 Décret no 96-709 du 7 août 1996 portant modification des limites territoriales de départements, d'arrondissements et de cantons], Légifrance
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.
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 populations|cols=2|align=none|percentages=pagr|footnote=Figures before 1872 refer to the Meurthe department. Sources:{{Cite web|url=http://splaf.free.fr/54his.html|title=Historique de Meurthe-et-Moselle|website=Le SPLAF}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4176909?geo=DEP-54|title=Évolution et structure de la population en 2016|publisher=INSEE}}|graph-pos=bottom
|17=1801|18=338,115|19=1831|20=415,568|21=1841|22=444,603|23=1851|24=450,423|25=1861|26=428,643|27=1872|28=365,137|29=1881|30=419,317|31=1891|32=444,150|33=1901|34=484,722|35=1911|36=564,730|37=1921|38=503,810|39=1931|40=592,632|41=1936|42=576,041|43=1946|44=528,805|45=1954|46=607,022|47=1962|48=678,078|49=1968|50=705,413|51=1975|52=722,588|53=1982|54=716,846|55=1990|56=711,822|57=1999|58=713,779|59=2006|60=725,303|61=2011|62=733,124|63=2016|64=733,821}}
=Principal towns=
The most populous commune is Nancy, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:
| class=wikitable
! Commune ! Population (2019) |
| Nancy
| style="text-align: center;" | 105,058 |
| Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
| style="text-align: center;" | 29,942 |
| Lunéville
| style="text-align: center;" | 17,867 |
| Toul
| style="text-align: center;" | 15,633 |
| Longwy
| style="text-align: center;" | 14,774 |
| Villers-lès-Nancy
| style="text-align: center;" | 14,525 |
| Pont-à-Mousson
| style="text-align: center;" | 14,497 |
| Laxou
| style="text-align: center;" | 14,366 |
| Saint-Max
| style="text-align: center;" | 10,019 |
| Villerupt
| style="text-align: center;" | 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 =
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| colspan="2"|Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | 2nd Place Candidate | Party | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| 2022 | LREM | 54.42 | FN | 45.58 | ||||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| 2017{{Cite web | url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles | title=Présidentielles }} | LREM | 60.66 | FN | 39.34 | ||||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
| 2012 | PS | 53.06 | UMP | 46.94 | ||||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
| 2007 | UMP | 51.12 | PS | 48.88 | ||||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
| 2002 | RPR | 81.72 | FN | 18.28 | ||||||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
| 1995{{Cite web | url=https://www.politiquemania.com/presidentielles-1995-departement.html | title=Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania }} | PS | 51.99 | RPR | 48.01 |
=Current National Assembly Representatives=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Constituency | Member{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}} | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|En Marche!}}" | | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" |
| Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd constituency | MoDem | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|En Marche!}}" | | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" | | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" | | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" | |
Tourism
File:Fontaine - Place Stanislas - Nancy - P1300648-P1300665 fused.jpg|Detail of the Place Stanislas in Nancy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
File:Fossé de la ceinture fortifiée de Toul.jpg|Walls and cathedral of Toul
File:Porte interieur chateau Preny.jpg|House near the château of Prény
File:LaSalle monument Château de Lunéville, Lunéville, France 09.JPG|General Lasalle monument in Lunéville
File:Musel bei Pont-a-Mousson w.jpg|The river Moselle near Pont-à-Mousson
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.meurthe-et-moselle.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://www.meurthe-et-moselle.fr/ Departmental council website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813003726/https://meurthe-et-moselle.fr/ |date=13 August 2022 }} {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://tourisme-meurtheetmoselle.fr/ Tourism website] {{in lang|fr}}
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