Meurthe-et-Moselle

**Meurthe-et-Moselle** is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers. The prefecture (capital) of Meurthe-et-Moselle is Nancy.

## History
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 that were left to France with Nancy as is capital. It was divided in 4 *arrondissements*: Briey, Lunéville, Toul and Nancy.

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.

On 10 September 1926, the *arrondissements* of Toul were eliminated but it was made again, in 1943, an *arrondissement*.

The main rivers in the department are the Meurthe and the Moselle; the department is named after this two rivers. Other rivers are the Chiers (tributary of the Meuse) and the Vezouze (a tributary of the Meurthe).

### Climate
The area around Nancy, at an altitude of about , is characterized by climates with few extremes of temperature. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Troyes is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "**Cfb**".

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Nancy is . The month with the most precipitation on average is June with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Nancy is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 

## Administration
Meurthe-et-Moselle is managed by the *Departmental Council of Meurthe-et-Moselle* in Nancy. The department is part of the Grand Est region.

### Administrative divisions
There are 4 *arrondissements* (districts), 23 *cantons* and 594 *communes* (municipalities) in Meurthe-et-Moselle.

The following is a list of the 23 cantons of the **Meurthe-et-Moselle** department, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

# Baccarat
# Entre Seille et Meurthe
# Grand Couronné
# Jarny
# Jarville-la-Malgrange
# Laxou
# Longwy
# Lunéville-1
# Lunéville-2
# Meine au Saintois
# Mont-Saint-Martin
# Nancy-1
# Nancy-2
# Nancy-3
# Neuves-Maisons
# Le Nord-Toulois
# Pays de Briey
# Pont-à-Mousson
# Saint-Max
# Toul
# Val de Lorraine Sud
# Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy
# Villerupt

## Demographics
The inhabitants of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department are known, in French, as *Meurthois* or *Meurthe-et-Mosellans* (women: *Meurthoises* or *Meurthe-et-Mosellanes*),

Meurthe-et-Moselle had a population, in 2013, of 731,004, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Nancy, with 417,430 inhabitants, is the *arrondissement* with more inhabitants.

**Evolution of the population in Meurthe-et-Moselle**

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The 10 *communes* with more inhabitants in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department are:

## Economy
The economy was highly dependent on mining until the 1960s. There are iron, salt, and lime mines. The urban area around Nancy has a very active economy based largely on services, research, and higher education.

## Gallery

File:Fontaine - Place Stanislas - Nancy - P1300648-P1300665 fused.jpg|Detail of the Place Stanislas in Nancy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
File:Fossé de la ceinture fortifiée de Toul.jpg|Walls and cathedral of Toul
File:LaSalle monument Château de Lunéville, Lunéville, France 09.JPG|General Lasalle monument in Lunéville
File:Musel bei Pont-a-Mousson w.jpg|The Moselle river near Pont-à-Mousson

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
* Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department

## References
## Other websites
* Departmental Council website  
* Prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department