The Othain ( French pronunciation: [ɔtɛ̃] ) is a 67-kilometre (42 mi) long river in the Meurthe-et-Moselle and Meuse départements , northeastern France . Its source is at Gondrecourt-Aix , in the Woëvre . It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Chiers into which it flows between Villécloye and Montmédy .
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14-563: Is a département in the Grand Est region of France , named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle . Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, Moselle and Bas-Rhin and it borders the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the country of Luxembourg by the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette to the north. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019. Meurthe-et-Moselle
21-532: Is a French politician elected in 2012 as a deputy for the Socialist Party . She is the daughter of a steel industry Algerian toiler. She finished first in the first round in Meurthe-et-Moselle 's 1st constituency , with 37.9% and won the second round with 52.23%. She also sits on the municipal council of Nancy . This article about a Socialist Party of France politician is
28-861: Is one of two departments in France which border with Luxembourg. Parts of Meurthe-et-Moselle belong to the Lorraine Regional Natural Park . The department extends for 130 km from north to south and is between 7 and 103 km wide. Its chief rivers are the Moselle , the Meurthe , the Chiers , and the Vezouze . The economy was highly dependent on mining until the 1960s. There are iron, salt, and lime extraction sites. The urban area around Nancy has an economy based largely on services, research, and higher education. The inhabitants of
35-723: The department are known as Meurthe-et-Mosellans . The area around Nancy has become highly urbanized, whereas the Saintois in the south is quite rural. Population development since 1801: The most populous commune is Nancy , the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants: The president of the Departmental Council is Chaynesse Khirouni , elected in July 2021. Chaynesse Khirouni Chaynesse Khirouni (born 17 March 1968 in Douai )
42-524: The little commune of Han-devant-Pierrepont which had previously fallen within the Meuse department. Meurthe-et-Moselle is part of the administrative region of Grand Est and the traditional region of Lorraine and is surrounded by the departments of Meuse , Vosges , Bas-Rhin , and Moselle , and by the nations of Luxembourg and Belgium by the salient of the Arrondissement of Briey . It
49-496: Was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French territory. The current boundary between Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle was the border between France and Germany from 1871 to 1919 and again between 1940 and 1944. The only subsequent change took place in 1997 and involved the incorporation, for administrative reasons, of
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