Moselle department

E50127

department of France

The Moselle department is an administrative region in northeastern France, bordering Germany and Luxembourg, known for its industrial heritage, fortified military sites, and mixed French-German cultural influences.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Moselle department canonical	70
Moselle department (via Thionville)	1
Moselle region	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of France ⓘ
belongsTo	European Union external land border (with Luxembourg and Germany) ⓘ
borders	Bas-Rhin ⓘ surface form: Bas-Rhin department Germany ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Meurthe-et-Moselle ⓘ surface form: Meurthe-et-Moselle department
capital	Metz ⓘ
contains	Forbach ⓘ Metz ⓘ Saint-Avold ⓘ Sarrebourg ⓘ Sarreguemines ⓘ Thionville ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
created	1790 ⓘ
economicSector	cross-border employment with Luxembourg and Germany ⓘ industry ⓘ services ⓘ
formerRegion	Lorraine ⓘ
hasBorderRiver	Moselle River ⓘ Saar River ⓘ surface form: Sarre River
hasSpecialStatus	Concordat of 1801 still in force in local law ⓘ
historicalEvent	annexed by German Empire after Franco-Prussian War ⓘ annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II ⓘ liberated and restored to France after World War II ⓘ returned to France after World War I ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Alsatian dialects ⓘ German ⓘ Lorraine Franconian ⓘ
INSEECode	57 ⓘ
knownFor	Maginot Line ⓘ surface form: Maginot Line fortifications coal mining ⓘ fortified military sites ⓘ industrial heritage ⓘ mixed French-German cultural influences ⓘ steel industry ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Grand Est ⓘ surface form: Grand Est region northeastern France ⓘ
namedAfter	Moselle River ⓘ
partOf	historical region of Lorraine ⓘ
prefecture	Metz ⓘ
region	Grand Est ⓘ
religion	predominantly Roman Catholic ⓘ
subprefecture	Château-Salins ⓘ Forbach ⓘ Sarrebourg ⓘ Thionville ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	57 ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Hackenberg → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

French–Luxembourg border → crossesRegion → Moselle department ⓘ

Centre Pompidou-Metz → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Moselle department ⓘ

Veckring → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Fortified Sector of Thionville → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Thionville → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Thionville → isSubprefectureOf → Moselle department ⓘ

Transylvanian Saxons → migrationOriginRegion → Moselle department ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moselle region

Hettange-Grande → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Bitche → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

town of Bitche → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

subject surface form: Bitche

Audun-le-Tiche → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Metz → capitalOf → Moselle department ⓘ

Metz → isPrefectureOf → Moselle department ⓘ

Meuse department → borders → Moselle department ⓘ

German-speaking Lorraine → partOf → Moselle department ⓘ

Battle of Gravelotte → location → Moselle department ⓘ

Metz railway station → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

arrondissement of Thionville → partOf → Moselle department ⓘ

canton of Metzervisse → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

canton of Metzervisse → partOf → Moselle department ⓘ

canton of Metzervisse → administrativeDivisionOf → Moselle department ⓘ

Ouvrage Michelsberg → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Ouvrage Sentzich → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Ouvrage Soetrich → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Ouvrage Kobenbusch → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Battle of Metz → location → Moselle department ⓘ

Saint-Avold → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Château-Salins → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Thionville railway station → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Thionville railway station → serves → Moselle department ⓘ

intercommunality CA Portes de France–Thionville → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

subject surface form: CA Portes de France–Thionville

Pont des Alliés → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Saint-Maximin church → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Tour aux Puces museum → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Eurodistrict SaarMoselle → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Saint-Quentin Church, Scy-Chazelles → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Diedenhofen → associatedWith → Moselle department ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moselle department (via Thionville)

Sarrebourg → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Forbach → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Pays-Haut → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Sarreguemines → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Sarreguemines → isSubprefectureOf → Moselle department ⓘ

Scy-Chazelles → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Minette iron-ore basin → extendsInto → Moselle department ⓘ

Saint-Arnoul Abbey, Metz → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

canton of Yutz → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

canton of Yutz → subdivisionOf → Moselle department ⓘ

Volmerange-les-Mines → locatedIn → Moselle department ⓘ

Basse-Ham → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Moselle department ⓘ