Meurthe-et-Moselle (French pronunciation: [mœʁt e mɔzɛl] ^ⓘ) is a department 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]

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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

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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]

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.

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 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:

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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%
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Figures before 1872 refer to the Meurthe department. Sources:[5][6]

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

• 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

• Arrondissements of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
• Cantons of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department