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14-400: Meurthe may refer to: Meurthe (department) , a former subdivision of France Meurthe (river) , a river in eastern France See also [ edit ] Meurthe-et-Moselle , a current department of France [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with

28-630: A population of 365,137 inhabitants. At the 1999 French census, if Meurthe still existed it would have had a population of 647,307 inhabitants. On the other hand, in 1999 Meurthe-et-Moselle had a population of 713,779 inhabitants (the industrial area of Briey and Longwy merged in 1871 is more populated than the rural areas of Château-Salins and Sarrebourg lost in 1871). 48°35′N 6°10′E  /  48.583°N 6.167°E  / 48.583; 6.167 Longwy Longwy ( French pronunciation: [lɔ̃wi] ; older German : Langich , [ˈlaŋɪç] ; Luxembourgish : Lonkech )

42-517: Is a commune in the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle , Lorraine , administrative region of Grand Est , northeastern France . The inhabitants are known as Longoviciens . In 2008, the ville neuve ("New Town") was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site , as part of the " Fortifications of Vauban " group for its contributions to the development of military architecture and engineering. Longwy has historically been an industrial center of

56-637: The Duchy of Bar . Longwy was ceded to Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg in 1368, but was returned to Bar in 1378. The Duchy of Bar was then annexed into the Duchy of Lorraine in 1480. From 1648 to 1660 Longwy was part of the Kingdom of France , returning to the Duchy of Lorraine afterwards. It was made part of France again in 1670, a situation which was finalized in the Treaties of Nijmegen in 1678. Vauban fortified

70-722: The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the northeastern part of the Meurthe department was annexed to the German Empire by the Treaty of Frankfurt . On 18 May 1871 about one-third of the Meurthe, corresponding approximately to the arrondissements of Château-Salins and Sarrebourg in the northeast of the department, were detached from Meurthe and annexed to the German Department of Lorraine , becoming part of

84-621: The Lorraine iron mining district. Factories lined the river in historic postcards. The town is also known for its artistic faience , produced there since 1798. It is produced today by the Société des faïenceries de Longwy et Senelle, often in cooperation with artists and ceramists. Overglaze enamel decoration, known as émaux and often in a manner similar to cloisonné , has been produced in Longwy ceramics since 1872. Initially produced under

98-512: The Reichsland of Alsace-Lorraine . The remaining two thirds of Meurthe were merged with one fifth of the Moselle department ( arrondissement of Briey , in the extreme west of Moselle, to the northwest of Meurthe) which had escaped German annexation, and on 7 September 1871 the merger gave birth to the new Meurthe-et-Moselle department (area: 5,246 km , compared to 6,070 km for

112-554: The direction of Amadeo de Carenza, this style reached a peak in the Art Deco style, retailed by the Parisian department store Printemps . Route nationale 52 (part of European route E411 ) passes through Longwy. Longwy station has rail connections to Luxembourg, Charleville-Mézières and Nancy. Longwy initially belonged to Lotharingia . After the division of that kingdom, the town became part of Upper Lorraine and ultimately

126-519: The former Meurthe), with its prefecture at Nancy. In 1919, with the Allied victory in the First World War , Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France by Germany at the Treaty of Versailles . However, the old departments of Meurthe and Moselle was not recreated by reverting to the old department borders of before 1871. Instead, Meurthe-et-Moselle was left untouched, and the one-third of Meurthe and

140-461: The four-fifths of Moselle that had been formed the German region of Lorraine in 1871 were reinstituted as the new department of Moselle, which shares the name of the old department of Moselle but which has quite different borders. At the 1866 French census, the Meurthe department had a population of 428,387 inhabitants. In 1872, after the annexation and merger, the new Meurthe-et-Moselle department had

154-484: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meurthe&oldid=1028681366 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Meurthe (department) The department of Meurthe

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168-534: The town during the reign of Louis XIV , having demolished the medieval Château de Longwy , of which one tower remains. After the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, almost all of the Moselle department, along with Alsace and portions of the Meurthe and Vosges departments, was ceded to the German Empire by the Treaty of Frankfurt on the ground that the population in those areas spoke German dialects . Only one fifth of Moselle, including Longwy,

182-471: Was created on 4 March 1790, during the French Revolution , out of a part of the former province of Lorraine . It took its name from the river Meurthe flowing through it. As of 1866, Meurthe had 714 communes . Its area was 6,070 km (2,340 sq mi). It was divided into 5 arrondissements : Nancy, Château-Salins , Lunéville , Sarrebourg and Toul . After the French defeat in

196-686: Was spared annexation. Otto von Bismarck later bitterly regretted his decision when it was discovered that the region of Briey and Longwy was rich with iron ore, exploited by the Aciéries de Longwy among other members of the cartel Comptoir Métallurgique de Longwy . After the Battle of the Ardennes in August 1914, Longwy was occupied by the Imperial German army until the 1918 Armistice . At

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