Moselle
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| Moselle | |||
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| Coordinates: 49°02′02″N 6°39′43″E / 49.03389°N 6.66194°ECoordinates: 49°02′02″N 6°39′43″E / 49.03389°N 6.66194°E | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Lorraine | ||
| Prefecture | Metz (2 arrondissements: Metz-Ville, Metz-Campagne) |
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| Subprefectures | Boulay-Moselle Château-Salins Forbach Sarrebourg Sarreguemines Thionville (2 arrondissements: Thionville-Est, Thionville-Ouest) |
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| Government | |||
| • President of the General Council | Philippe Leroy | ||
| Area1 | |||
| • Total | 6,216 km2 (2,400 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 1,036,776 | ||
| • Rank | 20th | ||
| • Density | 166.792/km2 (431.99/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Department number | 57 | ||
| Arrondissements | 9 | ||
| Cantons | 51 | ||
| Communes | 730 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |||
Moselle is a département in the east of France named after the Moselle River.
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- (French) Conseil General website
- (French) Moselle's Websites Directory
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