With an area of 6,216 km², the département of Moselle is located in the région of Lorraine.
The préfecture
is Metz and the sous-préfectures are Boulay-Moselle, Château-Salins, Forbach,
Sarrebourg, Sarreguemines and Thionville.
Neighbouring departments are Meurthe-et-Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Vosges.
Annexed by Germany between 1870 and 1918, the department is named
after the river Moselle, a tributary of the Rhine.
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