Moselle is the most populous department in Lorraine, in the northeast of France, and is named after the river Moselle, a tributary of the Rhine, which flows through the western part of the department. It had a population of 1,046,543 in 2019. Inhabitants of the department are known as Mosellans.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 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.
Thionville is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
Forbach is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est.
Villerupt is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region in Northeastern France. It is located on the departmental border with Moselle, not far from the France–Luxembourg border.
Apach is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Petite-Rosselle is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. The commune is separated from neighbouring Großrosseln to its west by the small river Rossel, which forms the border between France and Germany.
Mondorff is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Hettange-Grande is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Hussigny-Godbrange is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. It lies near the border with Luxembourg.
Audun-le-Roman is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.
Contz-les-Bains is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Chicourt is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Schœneck is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located in the Warndt Basin, and is a border town with Germany, wedged between Stiring-Wendel and Saarbrücken.
Breistroff-la-Grande is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Aurélie Filippetti is a French politician and novelist. She served as French Minister of Culture and Communications from 2012 until 2014, first in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault and then in the government of Manuel Valls.
Minette is a type of mineral deposit, consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine. Minette ore was deposited in the Early Jurassic and Middle Jurassic.
The region of German Lorraine was the German-speaking part of Lorraine, now in France, that existed for centuries into the 20th century. Following its annexation by France in the 18th century, it became part of the German Empire following the Franco-Prussian War and ceased to exist permanently following Nazi Germany's surrender. The name is also used more specifically to refer to Bezirk Lothringen, the part of Lorraine that belonged to the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 and to Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945.
The arrondissement of Thionville is an arrondissement of France in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region. It has 104 communes. Its population is 266,506 (2016), and its area is 941.5 km2 (363.5 sq mi).
The France–Luxembourg border stretches 73 kilometers in length, to the northeast of France and to the south of Luxembourg.
