Meuse

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Meuse
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Coat of arms of the Meuse department
Location
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Administration
Department number:	55
Region:	Lorraine
Prefecture:	Bar-le-Duc
Subprefectures:	Commercy Verdun
Arrondissements:	3
Cantons:	31
Communes:	498
President of the General Council:	Christian Namy
Statistics
Population	Ranked 88th
-1999	192,198
Population density:	31/km²
Land area¹:	6211 km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².
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Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the Meuse River.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

Meuse is one of the original 83 departments 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 department was one of the great battlefields of World War I; an important battle was fought in 1916 at Verdun.

[edit] Geography

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

The important rivers are the following:

• Meuse
• Aire
• Chiers
• Ornain
• Saulx
• Orge
• Ognon
• Vaise

[edit] Demographics

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

[edit] See also

• Cantons of the Meuse department
• Communes of the Meuse department
• Arrondissements of the Meuse department

[edit] External links

• (French) Prefecture website
• (French) General council website
• Official Tourist Board website
• Rhine-Meuse delta studies

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