"Metz Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Stephen of Metz (French: ""Cathédrale Saint Étienne de Metz""), also known as Metz Cathedral, is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. Saint-Étienne de Metz is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz and the seat of the Bishop of Metz, currently Pierre Raffin. The cathedral treasury exhibits the millennium rich collection of the Bishopric of Metz, including paraments and items used for the Eucharist. Saint-Stephen of Metz has one of the highest naves in the world. The cathedral is nicknamed the ""Good Lord's Lantern"" (), displaying the largest"
"Nahe. Economically prosperous zones exist along the eastern borders, while in the western part of the state, there are structurally backward, rural regions. Lorraine is one of the 26 ""régions"" of France. Its two main cities are Metz (administrative capital) and Nancy. The region's name is derived from the medieval Lotharingia. Lorraine consists of four départements, Moselle, Meurthe et Moselle, Meuse and Vosges. Each of them is as big as Luxembourg and the Saarland together. Two of these départements, Vosges in the south and Meuse in the west, only have small interests in the SaarLorLux region, because they are far"
"Nancy, France Nancy (; ) is the capital of the north-eastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, and formerly the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, and then the French province of the same name. The metropolitan area of Nancy had a population of 434,565 inhabitants at the 2011 census, making it the 20th largest urban area in France. The population of the city of Nancy proper was 104,321 in 2014. The motto of the city is ""Non inultus premor"", Latin for ""I'm not touched with impunity""—a reference to the thistle, which is a symbol of Lorraine. Place Stanislas, a large square"
"(neighbouring countries: Luxembourg, France, and Germany). Metz has a central place in the Greater Region and of the economic SaarLorLux Euroregion. Metz is also twin town with: Metz Metz (, : []) 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,"
"Métropole du Grand Nancy Métropole du Grand Nancy is the ""métropole"", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nancy. It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in July 2016, replacing the previous ""Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy"". Its population was 260,665 in 2014, of which 106,860 in Nancy proper. The Urban Community of Greater Nancy (French: ""Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy""), was created in 1996. On July 1, 2016, the Metropolitan community replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a decree of April 2016. The 20 communes of the"
"Metz Metz (, : []) 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,"
"Nantes Nantes () (Gallo: ""Naunnt"" or ""Nantt"" ( or ); ()) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth-largest in France, with a population of 303,382 in Nantes and a metropolitan area of nearly 950,000 inhabitants. With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms the main north-western French metropolis. It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire ""région"", one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former duchy and province, and its omission from the modern"
"in the present-day départements of Moselle and Bas-Rhin (the Alsace bossue) and in the present-day federal state of Saarland was called German Lorraine (""Deutsch-Lothringen""). Nancy, the historic capital of Lorraine, and Metz, the present capital of the region of Lorraine, both lie on the French side of the boundary. There are clues to the historic boundary in the names of settlements like Audun-le-Tiche (""Deutsch-Oth"" or German Audun) and Audun-le-Roman (""Welsch-Oth"" or Romance Audun) or the names of the two headstreams of the Nied, the Nied Allemande (""Deutsche Nied"" or German Nied) and the Nied Française (""Französische Nied"" or French Nied),"
"metropolis are: The Metropolitan Council consists of 80 members, one of them being the president, currently André Rossinot, the former mayor of Nancy. Métropole du Grand Nancy Métropole du Grand Nancy is the ""métropole"", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nancy. It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in July 2016, replacing the previous ""Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy"". Its population was 260,665 in 2014, of which 106,860 in Nancy proper. The Urban Community of Greater Nancy (French: ""Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy""), was created in 1996. On"
"Meurthe-et-Moselle is part of the administrative region of Grand Est and the traditional region of Lorraine and is surrounded by the departments of Meuse, Vosges, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle; and by the nations of Luxembourg and Belgium. Parts of Meurthe-et-Moselle belong to the Lorraine Regional Natural Park. The department extends for 130 km from north to south and is between 7 and 103 km wide. Its chief rivers are: The economy was highly dependent on mining until the 1960s. There are iron, salt, and lime extraction sites. The urban area around Nancy has a very dynamic economy based largely on services,"
"modern France, Lorraine consisted of the four departments Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle and Vosges (of an historical point of view the Haute-Marne departement is located in the region), containing 2,337 communes. Metz is the regional prefecture. The largest metropolitan area of Lorraine is Nancy, which had developed for centuries as the seat of the duchy. Lorraine borders Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Its inhabitants are called """"Lorrains"""" in French and number about 2,356,000. Lorraine's borders have changed often in its long history. The location of Lorraine led to it being a paramount strategic asset as the crossroads of four nations. This, along"
"the library moved there. In 1990, it was the turn of the school music. Saint-Max The city of Saint-Max is located in north-eastern France, a suburb of Nancy.The surrounding communities are: Nancy, Essey-les-Nancy, Tomblaine, Dommartemont and Malzéville. Since 1996, it is part of the Urban Community of Greater Nancy alongside 19 other municipalities. The Chateau du Pont de Meurthe is a beautiful large mansion of Napoleon III that completed in 1874. One can admire, among others, a beautiful stone staircase with a wrought iron railing and a carved wood fireplace. By 1955, it became the property of the city and"
"Église Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Metz Notre-Dame de l'Assomption is a church situated on the Rue de la Chevre, formerly the Rue de la Chevre, in the city of Metz in Lorraine, France. Administratively it is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz. It is one of the largest examples of a church which is unmistakably Jesuit in character. Its architecture – notably its two-storeyed facade with Doric columns – is heavily influenced by the architecture of a Jesuit novitiate building in Paris, and its most significant artworks were inspired by Nicolas Poussin, whose first major paintings were also"
"Saint-Max The city of Saint-Max is located in north-eastern France, a suburb of Nancy.The surrounding communities are: Nancy, Essey-les-Nancy, Tomblaine, Dommartemont and Malzéville. Since 1996, it is part of the Urban Community of Greater Nancy alongside 19 other municipalities. The Chateau du Pont de Meurthe is a beautiful large mansion of Napoleon III that completed in 1874. One can admire, among others, a beautiful stone staircase with a wrought iron railing and a carved wood fireplace. By 1955, it became the property of the city and has hosted successive CREPS, college, general education, a physical rehabilitation centre school. In 1976,"
"to 2010 while the urban area of Nancy grew over the same period, becoming the largest urban area in Lorraine and second largest in the ""Grand Est"" region of northeastern France. Within the Nancy metropolitan area in recent years, the city population declined slightly (2009 - 2014) at the roughly same time as a small increase in the population of its urban area (2006-2012). Nancy has an oceanic climate with continental influences. (""Cfb"" in the Köppen climate classification). The old city center's heritage dates from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. The cathedral of Nancy, the Triumphal Arch and"
"research, and higher education. The inhabitants of the department are known as ""Meurthe-et-Mosellans"". The area around Nancy has become highly urbanized, whereas the Saintois in the south is quite rural. Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers. 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 which remained French territory. 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"
"the river Meurthe, about 10 km upstream from its confluence with the Moselle. The Marne–Rhine Canal runs through the city, parallel to the Meurthe. Nancy is surrounded by hills that are about 150 m higher than the city center, which is situated at 200 m above mean sea level. The area of Nancy proper is relatively small: 15 km. Its built-up area is continuous with those of its adjacent suburbs. The neighboring communes of Nancy are: Jarville-la-Malgrange, Laxou, Malzéville, Maxéville, Saint-Max, Tomblaine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy and Villers-lès-Nancy. The oldest part of Nancy is the quarter ""Vieille Ville – Léopold"", which contains the"
"other cultures. Nantes is in north-western France, near the Atlantic Ocean and south-west of Paris. Bordeaux, the other major metropolis of western France, is south. Nantes and Bordeaux share positions at the mouth of an estuary, and Nantes is on the Loire estuary. The city is at a natural crossroads between the ocean in the west, the centre of France (towards Orléans) in the east, Brittany in the north and Vendée (on the way to Bordeaux) in the south. It is an architectural junction; northern French houses with slate roofs are north of the Loire, and Mediterranean dwellings with low"
"14th century ""Porte de la Craffe"", the Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine, the Porte Désilles and the 19th century . Adjacent to its south is the quarter ""Charles III – Centre Ville"", which is the 16th–18th century ""new town"". This quarter contains the famous Place Stanislas, the Nancy Cathedral, the Opéra national de Lorraine and the main railway station. The population of the city proper experienced a small decrease in population from 2009 to 2014, placing it behind Metz (117,619) as the second largest city in the Lorraine. However, the urban area of Metz experienced population decline from 1990"
"Nantes Metropolis The Nantes Metropolis () is the ""métropole"", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nantes. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ""Communauté urbaine de Nantes"". Its population was 636,013 in 2014, of which 306,495 in Nantes proper. The Communauté urbaine de Nantes was founded in 2001. On January 1, 2015, the Metropolis replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a law of January 2014. The Metropolitan Council consists of 97 members, one of them being the president, currently"
"Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur is the ""métropole"", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nice. It is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France. It was created in December 2011, replacing the previous ""Communauté urbaine Nice Côte d'Azur"" and the communautés de communes of les stations du Mercantour, La Tinée and Vésubie-Mercantour. In 2013 the commune Coaraze left the métropole, and in 2014 the communes Bonson, Le Broc, Gattières and Gilette joined it. Its population was 544,977 in 2014, of which 347,636 in Nice proper. The 49 communes of the"
"History of Metz Metz, the capital and the prefecture of both the Lorraine region and the Moselle department in France, has a recorded history dating back over 3,000 years. During this time, it was successively a Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman city, the Merovingian capital of the Austrasia kingdom, the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty, a cradle of Gregorian chant, and one of the oldest republics of the common era in Europe. As an important city in the heart of Europe and the crossroads of different cultures, Metz has variously experienced an integration into the Roman Empire, the period of"
"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. The city of Metz is divided into 14 administrative divisions: Metz contains a mishmash of architectural layers, bearing witness to centuries of history at the crossroads of different cultures, and features a number of architectural landmarks."
"Regional Natural Park, a stretch of pastoral countryside stretching eastward from Metz and Nancy and spanning three departments. The park has many natural habitats including calcareous grassland, forested valleys, wet meadows, ponds and streams. There are many Natura 2000 protected areas and it is an important resting area for migratory birds. Among the different habitats it includes a stretch of coast, the plain of Woëvre, the Lac de Madine, the Meuse valley and the Hague plateau. The total area of the park is . Since the mid-nineteenth century, the exodus of the countryside inhabitants to the cities has caused the"
"Fortifications of Metz The Fortifications of Metz, a city in northeastern France, are extensive, due to the city's strategic position near the border of France and Germany. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area was annexed by the newly created German Empire in 1871 by the Treaty of Frankfurt and became a ""Reichsland"". The German Army decided to build a fortress line from Mulhouse to Luxembourg to protect their new territories. The centerpiece of this line was the ""Moselstellung"" between Metz and Thionville, in Lorraine. The fortifications around Metz consisted of casemates, concrete barracks, infantry strong points, and concrete"
"École nationale supérieure des mines de Nancy Mines Nancy (École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy in French or Nancy School of Mines in English; also referred to as ENSMN, École des Mines de Nancy or Mines Nancy) is one of the French ""generalist"" engineering Grandes Ecoles. It is located in the campus Artem, in the city of Nancy, Eastern France ( it takes just 1h30 from Paris with TGV), and is part of the University of Lorraine. Around 400 students are taught general science and management and 300 follow specialised Master programs. These students are taught by 60 permanent"
"Pays de Retz The Pays de ('land of') Retz is a historical subregion of France that currently forms part of the Loire-Atlantique department, but which previously formed part of the Duchy of Brittany. The area lies between the southern shore of the Loire estuary and the ""Marais breton"" (Breton marshlands), bordered to the west by the ""Baie de Bourgneuf"" (Bourgneuf Bay) and on the east by the ""Lac de Grand-Lieu"" (Grand-Lieu Lake) and a network of small rivers. Its main towns are Rezé (which was its capital and the see of a Catholic Diocese of Rezé from 510 to 851),"
"Galaxie Amnéville Galaxie Amnéville (also known as Galaxie Mega Hall, Galaxie de Metz, Galaxie d'Amnéville or simply Le Galaxie) is an indoor arena located in the commune of Amnéville, France (a suburb of Metz). The arena is primarily used for concerts and other music-related events. However, it also houses handball tournaments. In 1987, , deputy mayor of Amnéville proposed a new entertainment centre for Lorraine to host musical and sporting events. Originally, the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication to construct a Zénith in Amnéville. However, these plans were abandoned with the organization later opening Zénith de Nancy"
"the A87 motorway. Nesmy is twinned with Burggen, in Bavaria, close to the Alps, in Germany, allows regular meetings. Nesmy Nesmy is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Nesmy is part of a Communauté d'Agglomération : La Roche sur Yon Agglomération (before 2010, it was : the ""Communauté de Communes du Pays Yonnais""). It is located from the Atlantic Ocean and from La Roche-sur-Yon. The river Yon forms most of the commune's north-eastern border. Nesmy is famous for its potteries and tileries, an artisanal tradition. In this area where the"
"métropole are: Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur is the ""métropole"", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nice. It is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France. It was created in December 2011, replacing the previous ""Communauté urbaine Nice Côte d'Azur"" and the communautés de communes of les stations du Mercantour, La Tinée and Vésubie-Mercantour. In 2013 the commune Coaraze left the métropole, and in 2014 the communes Bonson, Le Broc, Gattières and Gilette joined it. Its population was 544,977 in 2014, of which 347,636 in Nice proper. The 49 communes"
"Maizières-lès-Metz Maizières-lès-Metz (Lorrain: ""Mach'ire"") is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was the original home of the now German de Maizière family which, being Huguenots, had to emigrate from France to Prussia in the 17th century. Preserving the name of their original home up to the present, prominent members of the family include Lothar de Maizière, last Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic, the politician Thomas de Maizière and the general Ulrich de Maizière. From 1871-1918, as part of Alsace-Lorraine, Maizières belonged to Germany as ""Maizières-bei-Metz"". Between 1915-18 the town's name was"
"undergone a drain of its labour forces to German industry in Saar. The renowned organ-builders Jean-Baptiste Stoltz and Georges Wenner were both born in Bouzonville in 1813 and 1819. Bouzonville Bouzonville (, Lorraine Franconian: ""Busendroff"") is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The localities of Aidling, Benting and Heckling are incorporated in the commune. It lies from Metz and the same distance from Thionville. Built on the ""salt road"" between the Rhine and the Moselle, at the site of an easy ford of the Nied, the site's traces of Celtic La Tène culture are"
"Local law in Alsace-Moselle The territory of the former Alsace-Lorraine, legally known as Alsace-Moselle, is a region in the eastern part of France, bordering with Germany. Its principal cities are Metz and Strasbourg. Alsace-Moselle was part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, and was subsequently reoccupied by Germany from 1940 until its recapture by the Allies at the end of World War II. Consisting of the two départements that make up the region of Alsace, which are Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin, and the département of Moselle, which is the northeastern part of Lorraine, there are historical reasons for the"