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The Meuse is a department (administrative region) located in northeastern France, known historically as part of the Lorraine region. It is notable for its role in major historical events, particularly World War I, during which significant battles took place within its borders.
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Official website
Accueil - Les services de l'État de la Meuse
Portail de l'Etat dans la Meuse Les services de l'État de la Meuse
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of France
- Named after
- Meuse
- Official name
- Meuse
- Country
- France
- Contains
- Han-devant-Pierrepont
- Capital
- Bar-le-Duc
- Population
- 180290
- Area
- 6211
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Luxembourg
- Official website
- www.meuse.pref.gouv.fr
- Image
- Bar-le-Duc-Préfecture.JPG
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- Commons category
- Meuse (department)
- inception
- 1790-03-04
- topic's main category
- Category:Meuse (department)
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Meuse
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Meuse
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Meuse (department)
- annual number of weddings
- 628
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Meuse
- different from
- Meuse
- P8168
- Galium sterneri
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Encyclopedic overview
Meuse ( French pronunciation: [møz] ) is a department in northeast France, named after the river Meuse. Meuse is part of the current region of Grand Est and is landlocked and borders by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium to the north. Parts of Meuse belong to Parc naturel régional de Lorraine. It had a population of 180,290 in 2023. Front lines in trench warfare during World War I ran varying courses through the department and it hosted an important battle/offensive in 1916 in and around Verdun.
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