Moselle
French department
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
Summary
Moselle is a department of France[1]. Moselle ranks in the top 5% of department of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,826 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Grand Est[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Philippe Leroy[5]
- Capital: Metz[6]
- Shares border with: Meurthe-et-Moselle[7], Bas-Rhin[8], Saarland[9], Rhineland-Palatinate[10]
- Named after: Moselle[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Boulay-Moselle[12], arrondissement of Château-Salins[13], arrondissement of Forbach[14], arrondissement of Metz-Campagne[15], arrondissement of Metz-Ville[16], arrondissement of Sarrebourg[17], arrondissement of Sarreguemines[18], arrondissement of Thionville-Est[19], arrondissement of Thionville-Ouest[20]
- Follows: Lorraine and Barrois[21], Three Bishoprics[22], Prince-Bishopric of Metz[23], Alsace–Lorraine[24], Bezirk Lothringen[25], Gau Westmark[26], CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen[27]
- Followed by: Alsace–Lorraine[28], Bezirk Lothringen[29], Meurthe[30], Meurthe-et-Moselle[31], Gau Westmark[32], CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen[33]
- Part of: Alsace-Moselle[34], Grand Est[35]
- Commons category: Moselle (department)[36]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[37]
- Highest point: Grossmann[38]
- Located in/on physical feature: Lorraine[39]
- Official website: http://www.moselle.pref.gouv.fr/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Moselle (department)[41]
- Commons gallery: Moselle[42]
- Population: 1,044,486[43], 1,043,522[44], 1,043,524[45], 1,046,543[46], 1,049,155[47], 1,049,942[48], 1,050,721[49], 1,051,309[50]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Moselle[51]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[52]
Why It Matters
Moselle has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Moselle is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]