Meurthe-et-Moselle

• Name — Meurthe-et-Moselle • Type — Department • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — France • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Grand Est • Seat Type — Prefecture • Seat — Nancy • Parts Type — Subprefectures • Parts Style — para • P1 — Val de Briey Lunéville Toul • Leader Party — PS • Leader Title — President of the Departmental Council • Leader Name — Chaynesse Khirouni • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 5246 • Population Rank — 33rd • Population Density Km2 — auto • Custom Label Sec1 — Department number • Custom Data Sec1 — 54 • Custom Label Sec2 — Arrondissements • Custom Data Sec2 — 4 • Custom Label1 Sec2 — Cantons • Custom Data1 Sec2 — 23 • Custom Label2 Sec2 — Communes • Custom Data2 Sec2 — 591 • Time Zone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Time Zone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Iso Code — FR-54 • Footnotes — area French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km 2

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

The most populous commune is Nancy, the prefecture. As of 2023, there are 10 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants: • Commune — Population (2023) • Nancy — 103,671 • Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy — 29,942 • Lunéville — 18,262 • Toul — 15,768 • Longwy — 15,679 • Laxou — 14,771 • Villers-lès-Nancy — 14,718 • Pont-à-Mousson — 14,190 • Villerupt — 10,102 • Maxéville — 10,090

The president of the Departmental Council is Chaynesse Khirouni, elected in July 2021.

• Election — Winning candidate — Party — % — 2nd place candidate — Party — % • 2022 — Emmanuel Macron — LREM — 54.42 — Marine Le Pen — FN — 45.58 • 2017 — 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 — Jacques Chirac — RPR — 81.72 — Jean-Marie Le Pen — FN — 18.28 • 1995 — Lionel Jospin — PS — 51.99 — Jacques Chirac — RPR — 48.01

• Constituency — Member — Party • Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st constituency — Estelle Mercier — Socialist Party • Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd constituency — Stéphane Hablot — Socialist Party • Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency — Martine Étienne — La France Insoumise • Meurthe-et-Moselle's 4th constituency — Thibault Bazin — The Republicans • Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th constituency — Dominique Potier — Miscellaneous left • Meurthe-et-Moselle's 6th constituency — Anthony Boulogne — National Rally

• Illustration — Detail of the Place Stanislas in Nancy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site • Illustration — Walls and cathedral of Toul • Illustration — House near the château of Prény • Illustration — General Lasalle monument in Lunéville • Illustration — The river Moselle near Pont-à-Mousson