Montigny-lès-Metz | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Montigny-lès-Metz (Moselle).svg |
Arrondissement: | Metz |
Canton: | Montigny-lès-Metz |
Insee: | 57480 |
Postal Code: | 57950 |
Mayor: | Jean-Luc Bohl[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Party: | DVC |
Intercommunality: | Metz Métropole |
Coordinates: | 49.1006°N 6.1539°W |
Elevation Min M: | 165 |
Elevation Max M: | 190 |
Area Km2: | 6.70 |
Montigny-lès-Metz (in French pronounced as /mɔ̃tiɲi lɛ mɛs/, literally Montigny near Metz;, (1940-1944) Montenich) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is the largest suburb of the city of Metz, and is adjacent to it on the west. From 1871 (Franco-German War) to 1919 (Treaty of Versailles), it was officially a part of the German Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine.