Moselle

E93471
French department

Moselle is a department in northeastern France, bordering Germany and Luxembourg, known for its strategic location, industrial history, and mixed French-German cultural heritage.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French department ⓘ
annexationPeriod 1871–1918 ⓘ
1940–1944 ⓘ
borders Germany ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
capital Metz NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Parc naturel régional de Lorraine ⓘ
country France ⓘ
departmentNumber 57 ⓘ
hasCrossBorderCommutingTo Germany ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage mixed French-German culture ⓘ
hasEconomicSector automotive industry ⓘ
cross-border services ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
hasMajorCity Creutzwald ⓘ
Forbach ⓘ
Hayange ⓘ
Metz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint-Avold ⓘ
Sarreguemines ⓘ
Thionville ⓘ
Yutz ⓘ
hasReligiousHeritage Judaism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
historicalLanguage Alsatian dialects ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form: Lorraine Franconian
isPartOf Franco-German border ⓘ
surface form: Franco-German border region
knownFor coal mining ⓘ
industrial history ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
strategic border location ⓘ
locatedIn Grand Est NERFINISHED ⓘ
northeastern France ⓘ
namedAfter Moselle River ⓘ
partOf historical region of Lorraine ⓘ
prefecture Metz ⓘ
regionBefore2016 Lorraine ⓘ
returnedTo France ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Bas-Rhin ⓘ
Meurthe-et-Moselle ⓘ
Vosges Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Vosges
subprefecture Forbach ⓘ
Sarrebourg ⓘ
Thionville ⓘ
wasAnnexedAgainBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy German Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Bas-Rhin → border → Moselle ⓘ
Grand Est → containsDepartment → Moselle ⓘ
Metz → department → Moselle ⓘ
Lorraine → hasDepartment → Moselle ⓘ