Metz

E90772

city

Metz is a historic city in northeastern France known for its Gothic Saint-Stephen Cathedral, Roman and medieval heritage, and role as the capital of the Moselle department in the Grand Est region.

Aliases (3)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city →
annexedBy	France in 1552 →
areaSquareKilometers	41.94 →
capitalOf	Moselle department →
climate	oceanic climate →
country	France →
demonym	Messin → Messine →
department	Moselle →
elevationMaxMeters	256 →
elevationMinMeters	162 →
formallyCededBy	Holy Roman Empire in 1648 →
formerRegion	Lorraine →
foundedInCentury	3rd century BC →
hasFootballClub	FC Metz →
hasLandmark	Basilica of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains → Centre Pompidou-Metz → Gare de Metz-Ville → Metz Cathedral → Place Saint-Louis → Porte des Allemands → Temple Neuf →
hasTransportHub	Gare de Metz-Ville →
historicalRegion	Lorraine →
historicalStatus	free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire →
INSEECode	57463 →
isPrefectureOf	Moselle department →
isSeatOf	Metz Métropole NERFINISHED →
knownFor	German imperial district (Quartier Impérial) → Gothic Saint-Stephen Cathedral → Roman heritage → fortifications → medieval heritage →
locatedIn	Grand Est NERFINISHED → northeastern France →
locatedOnRiver	Moselle River → Seille River NERFINISHED →
population	about 118000 (city proper, early 2020s) →
postalCodeRange	57000–57080 →
region	Grand Est NERFINISHED →
RomanName	Divodurum Mediomatricorum →
timeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
twinCity	Gloucester → Kaiserslautern NERFINISHED → Luxembourg City → Treves →
university	Université de Lorraine (campuses in Metz) →
urbanAreaPopulation	about 285000 (early 2020s) →
wasAnnexedBy	German Empire (1871–1918) → Nazi Germany (1940–1944) →
wasRomanCity	yes →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Duchy of Lorraine → Kingdom of the Franks → Moselle department →	capital
Eastern France → Grand Est → Lorraine →	containsCity
Hettange-Grande → Thionville →	hasRailConnectionTo
Moselle → Moselle department →	prefecture
Reims station →	connectsTo
Moselle department →	contains
Thomas F. Metz →	familyName
Moselle River →	flowsThroughCity
Carolingian dynasty →	hasCapital
Alsace-Lorraine →	hasCity
Gloucester →	hasTwinTown
Centre Pompidou-Metz ("Metz cityscape") →	hasViewOf
Lorraine →	historicalCapital
Centre Pompidou-Metz →	locatedIn
Imperial Diet →	location
Centre Pompidou-Metz ("Amphithéâtre district of Metz") →	nearby
Centre Pompidou-Metz ("City of Metz") →	owner
A4 motorway (France) →	passesNear
European route E25 →	passesThroughCity
Paul Verlaine →	placeOfBirth
Günther von Kluge →	placeOfDeath
Golden Bull of 1356 →	placeOfPublication
Gare de l'Est →	servesCity
Luxembourg City →	twinCity