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| Department number: | 55 |
| Region: | Lorraine |
| Prefecture: | Bar-le-Duc |
| Subprefectures: | Commercy Verdun |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 31 |
| Communes: | 498 |
| President of the General Council: | Christian Namy |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 88th |
| -1999 | 192,198 |
| Population density: | 31/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6211 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Lorraine (Lothringen is one of the 26 régions of France. It is the only administrative region with two cities of equal importance Metz and Nancy A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Bar-le-Duc is a town in northeastern France, in the Meuse département, of which it is the Préfecture (capital Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Commercy is a commune of the Meuse département in northeastern France. Verdun (medieval Wirten official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Meuse department are Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc, ( prefecture of the Meuse department The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 31 cantons of the Meuse department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 500 communes of the Meuse département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Meuse (IPA: [møːz]) is a department in northeast France, named after the Meuse River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Meuse (in Dutch and in German: "Maas" in Latin: "Mosa" in Celtic:"Mus" (the rootword presumingly
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History
Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from the former provinces of Barrois (area of Bar-le-Duc) and Three Bishoprics (area of Verdun). The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Barrois, during the Middle Ages, was the territory of the Counts and dukes of Bar, in the eastern part of present-day France, bordering Lorraine Bar-le-Duc is a town in northeastern France, in the Meuse département, of which it is the Préfecture (capital The Three Bishoprics (Trois-Évêchés constituted a province of pre- Revolutionary France consisting of the bisphoprics of Verdun, Metz Verdun (medieval Wirten official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune
The department was one of the great battlefields of World War I; an important battle was fought in 1916 at Verdun. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Battle of Verdun was one of the most critical battles in World War I on the Western Front, fought between the German and French
Geography
Meuse is part of the current region of Lorraine and is surrounded by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium on the north. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Lorraine (Lothringen is one of the 26 régions of France. It is the only administrative region with two cities of equal importance Metz and Nancy Ardennes is a department in the northeast part of France named after the Ardennes area Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River. Vosges (voːʒ is a French department, named after the Vosges mountain range. Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the northeast of France named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
The important rivers are the following:
Demographics
The population has decreased sharply since the 19th century, with the rural exodus to the cities. The Meuse (in Dutch and in German: "Maas" in Latin: "Mosa" in Celtic:"Mus" (the rootword presumingly The Aire is a River in northern France, right tributary of the Aisne. The Chiers (Kuer Korn is a River in Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The Ornain is a 116 km long River in northeastern France, right tributary of the Saulx ( Seine basin The Saulx is a 115 km long River in France, right tributary of the Marne.
See also
- Cantons of the Meuse department
- Communes of the Meuse department
- Arrondissements of the Meuse department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General council website
- (English) Meuse Tourism Guide
- (French) Official Tourist Board website
- (English) Rhine-Meuse delta studies
Dictionary
Meuse
-proper noun
- (geography) A river in Europe that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium to the North Sea at the Netherlands.
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