Meuse

Meuse
Details
Information
Number	55
Region	Lorraine
Prefecture	Bar-le-Duc
Subprefectures	Commercy Verdun
Population -1999 -Density	Ranked 88th 192,198 31/km²
Area	6211 km²
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	31
Communes	498
President of the General Council	Christian Namy
Location

Meuse is a département in northeast France, named after the Meuse River.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 External links

History

Meuse is one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former provinces of Barrois (area of Bar-le-Duc) and Three Bishoprics (area of Verdun).

The département was one of the great battlefields of World War I. An important battle was fought in 1916 at Verdun.

Geography

Meuse is part of the current région of Lorraine and is surrounded by the French départements of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium on the north.

The important rivers are the following:

Demographics

The population has decreased sharply since the 19th century, with the rural exodus to the cities.

External links

Prefecture website (in French)
Conseil Général website (in French)
http://www.tourisme-meuse.com/ (in French)
Rhine-Meuse delta studies

	Départements of France
01 Ain \| 02 Aisne \| 03 Allier \| 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence \| 05 Hautes-Alpes \| 06 Alpes-Maritimes \| 07 Ardèche \| 08 Ardennes \| 09 Ariège \| 10 Aube \| 11 Aude \| 12 Aveyron \| 13 Bouches-du-Rhône \| 14 Calvados \| 15 Cantal \| 16 Charente \| 17 Charente-Maritime \| 18 Cher \| 19 Corrèze \| 2A Corse-du-Sud \| 2B Haute-Corse \| 21 Côte-d'Or \| 22 Côtes-d'Armor \| 23 Creuse \| 24 Dordogne \| 25 Doubs \| 26 Drôme \| 27 Eure \| 28 Eure-et-Loir \| 29 Finistère \| 30 Gard \| 31 Haute-Garonne \| 32 Gers \| 33 Gironde \| 34 Hérault \| 35 Ille-et-Vilaine \| 36 Indre \| 37 Indre-et-Loire \| 38 Isère \| 39 Jura \| 40 Landes \| 41 Loir-et-Cher \| 42 Loire \| 43 Haute-Loire \| 44 Loire-Atlantique \| 45 Loiret \| 46 Lot \| 47 Lot-et-Garonne \| 48 Lozère \| 49 Maine-et-Loire \| 50 Manche \| 51 Marne \| 52 Haute-Marne \| 53 Mayenne \| 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle \| 55 Meuse \| 56 Morbihan \| 57 Moselle \| 58 Nièvre \| 59 Nord \| 60 Oise \| 61 Orne \| 62 Pas-de-Calais \| 63 Puy-de-Dôme \| 64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques \| 65 Hautes-Pyrénées \| 66 Pyrénées-Orientales \| 67 Bas-Rhin \| 68 Haut-Rhin \| 69 Rhône \| 70 Haute-Saône \| 71 Saône-et-Loire \| 72 Sarthe \| 73 Savoie \| 74 Haute-Savoie \| 75 Paris \| 76 Seine-Maritime \| 77 Seine-et-Marne \| 78 Yvelines \| 79 Deux-Sèvres \| 80 Somme \| 81 Tarn \| 82 Tarn-et-Garonne \| 83 Var \| 84 Vaucluse \| 85 Vendée \| 86 Vienne \| 87 Haute-Vienne \| 88 Vosges \| 89 Yonne \| 90 Territoire de Belfort \| 91 Essonne \| 92 Hauts-de-Seine \| 93 Seine-Saint-Denis \| 94 Val-de-Marne \| 95 Val-d'Oise \| 971 Guadeloupe \| 972 Martinique \| 973 French Guiana \| 974 Réunion
Administrative divisions of France: Régions - Départements - Arrondissements - Cantons - Communes

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Meuse

Contents

History

Geography

Demographics

External links