Last modified: 2002-01-18 by ivan sache
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Code: 55
Region: Lorraine
Traditional provinces: Lorraine,
Champagne
Bordering departments: Ardennes,
Marne, Haute-Marne,
Meurthe-et-Moselle,
Vosges
Bordering country: Belgium (province of
Luxembourg)
Area: 6,216 km2
Population (1995): 194,000 inhabitants
Préfecture: Bar-le-Duc
Sous-préfectures: Commercy, Verdun
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 31 cantons, 482 communes.
The department is named after the river Meuse [Dutch, Maas] (950 km).