page_title: Metz
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Metz / Law and government / Administration
caption_attribution_description: Une vue partielle de la place d'armes à METZ. Cette place, entièrement pavée, est entourée de magnifiques bâtiments tous bâtis en pierre de Jaumont. Elle a été creé dans les années 1750 - 1770 . On peut voir , sur la droite , la mairie de METZ.
context_page_description: Metz Latin: Divodurum Mediomatricorum is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, the city forms a central place of the European Greater Region and the SaarLorLux euroregion.
  Metz has a rich 3,000-year-history, having variously been a Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman city, the Merovingian capital of Austrasia, the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty, a cradle of the Gregorian chant, and one of the oldest republics in Europe. The city has been steeped in Romance culture, but has been strongly influenced by Germanic culture due to its location and history.
  Because of its historical, cultural, and architectural background, Metz has been submitted on France's UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
context_section_description: Like every commune of the present French Republic, Metz is managed by a mayor (French: maire) and a municipal council (French: conseil municipal), democratically elected by two-round proportional voting for six years. The mayor is assisted by 54 municipal councillors, and the municipal council is held on the last Thursday of every month. Since 2008, the mayor of Metz has been socialist Dominique Gros.
  The city belongs to the Metz Metropole union of cities, which includes the 40 cities of the Metz urban agglomeration. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle based in the former Intendant Palace. In addition, Metz is the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region, hosted in the former Saint-Clement Abbey.
caption: The city hall on the Place d'Armes.
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