Art-sur-Meurthe explained

Art-sur-Meurthe
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason art-sur-meurthe 54.svg
Arrondissement:Nancy
Canton:Grand Couronné
Insee:54025
Postal Code:54510
Mayor:Jean-Pierre Dessein[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Métropole Grand Nancy
Coordinates:48.6567°N 6.2661°W
Elevation M:225
Elevation Min M:195
Elevation Max M:268
Area Km2:11.47

Art-sur-Meurthe (in French pronounced as /aʁ syʁ mœʁt/, literally Art on Meurthe) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

The commune covers an area of 11.47 km² (4.43 sq mi). The current mayor is Jean-Pierre Dessein.

Population

In the past, inhabitants of Art-sur-Meurthe were known by their neighbours as haut-la-queue ("hoity-toitys").[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p36, Picador (2007),, citing Vital Collet "Sobriquets caractérisant les habitants de villages lorrains" in Le Pays lorrain, Nancy (1908), pp442-449 and Henri-Adolphe Labourasse, "Anciens us, coutumes, légendes, supersititions, préjugés, etc. du département de la Meuse" in Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et art de Bar-le-Duc, 1902, pp3-225