Moselle (depairtment)
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Moselle | |
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![]() Prefectur biggin of the Moselle depairtment, in Metz | |
![]() Location o Moselle in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 49°02′02″N 6°39′43″E / 49.03389°N 6.66194°ECoordinates: 49°02′02″N 6°39′43″E / 49.03389°N 6.66194°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Grand Est |
Prefectur | Metz |
Subprefecturs | Château-Salins Forbach Sarrebourg Sarreguemines Thionville |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Philippe Leroy |
Area | |
• Total | 6216 km2 (2,400 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 1,046,873 |
• Rank | 21st |
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment nummer | 57 |
Arrondissements | 5 |
Cantons | 27 |
Communes | 729 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 |
Moselle (French pronunciation: [mɔ.zɛl]) is a depairtment in the east o Fraunce named efter the river Moselle.