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Moselle

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French department

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The Moselle is a department (administrative region) in northeastern France, located near the borders with Germany and Luxembourg. It is historically significant as an area that has changed hands between France and Germany multiple times and remains an important industrial and cultural region in the Grand Est area of France.

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Named after
Moselle
Official name
Moselle
Country
France
Located in
France
Capital
Metz
Population
1051309
Area
6216
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Head of government
Philippe Leroy
Shares border with
Rhineland-Palatinate
Official website
www.moselle.pref.gouv.fr
Image
Temple de Metz mai 2009.jpg
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Commons category
Moselle (department)
category for people born here
Category:Births in Moselle
inception
1790-03-04
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Moselle
topic's main category
Category:Moselle (department)
language used
Zarphatic
Commons gallery
Moselle
category of associated people
Category:People from Moselle (department)
railway traffic side
left
annual number of weddings
2469
native label
Departement Moselle
located in/on physical feature
Lorraine
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Encyclopedic overview

Moselle ( French pronunciation: [mɔzɛl] ) 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 1,051,309 in 2023. Inhabitants of the department are known as Mosellans.

History

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