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Meurthe-et-Moselle department | |
Capital | Nancy |
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Residents | 733.469 (2018) |
surface | 5,246 km² |
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Meurthe-et-Moselle is a french Department in the region Lorraine. It bears the serial number 54 and is named after the rivers Meurthe and Mosel. It is adjacent (clockwise, starting in the north) Belgium (Wallonia), at Luxembourg and to the French departments Moselle in the northeast, in the southeast Bas-Rhin, in the south to the département Vosges and in the west Meuse.
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Other goals
- Saint-Nicolas-de-Port with its basilica in flamboyant late Gothic.
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getting there
The regional Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport(IATA: ETZ) is about 40 km north of Nancy in the neighboring department Moselle. The small airport has only a few connections within France and charter flights to hot water destinations. If you really want to fly, the nearest international airports are the Luxembourg Airport
(IATA: LUX) and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport
(IATA: CDG).
Nancy train station is connected to the French and European long-distance network. In addition, the TGV high-speed line crosses Est européenne Lorraine and has a stop "Gare de Lorraine TGV", also in the neighboring department of Moselle. It is located on the green meadow, which can only be reached by road on the land side, but connects other long-distance destinations.
Meurthe-et-Moselle is via the highways (Paris - Strasbourg) and
(Luxembourg - Dijon).
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Tourist Attractions
- Longwy with the fortified upper town ("Citadelle de Longvy"), UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Web links
- http://www.meurthe-et-moselle.gouv.fr/ - Official website of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department