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The terrain of Metz forms part of the Paris Basin and presents a plateau relief cut by river valleys presenting cuestas in the north–south direction. [44] Metz and its surrounding countryside are included in the forest and crop Lorraine Regional Natural Park , covering a total area of 205,000 ha (506,566 acres).
The River was canalised between Metz and Thionville, via a canal opened in 1964 by the Grand Duchess, Charlotte of Luxembourg, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Konrad Adenauer and their host, Charles de Gaulle, President of France.
Metz, the capital and the prefecture of the Moselle department in France, [1] has a recorded history dating back over 2,000 years. During this time, it was successively a Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman city, [2] the Merovingian capital of the Austrasia kingdom, [3] the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty, [4] a cradle of Gregorian chant, [5] and one of the oldest republics of the ...
The population has remained relatively stable since World War II and now exceeds 1 million, located mostly in the urban area around Metz and along the river Moselle. If the Moselle department still existed in its limits of between 1815 and 1871, its population at the 1999 French census would have been 1,089,804 inhabitants.
This section of the river has comparatively few tributaries: the Osson, at Ajoncourt; the ruisseau Saint-Jean (lit. "St. John brook"), in Létricourt (right bank) the ruisseau Saint-Pierre (lit. "St. Peter brook") Finally, in Metz, after passing the Porte des Allemands (a 13th-century castle, lit. "Gate of the Germans"), it flows into the right ...
Metz is located between the rivers Moselle and Seille. The fortifications of Metz consisted of several forts and observation posts with connecting entrenchments and tunnels. The city had fallen to the German forces when France was defeated in 1940. [ 3 ]
Operationally, the Lorraine campaign encompasses the assaults across the Moselle and Sauer Rivers, the battles of Metz and Nancy, and the push to the German frontier and the crossing of the Saar/Sarre River during the first half of December 1944.
407(?) – Metz is attacked by the Vandals and Alans after crossing the Rhine. 451 – Metz is sacked by the hordes of Attila the Hun during his campaign into Gaul. 6th C. - Metz becomes capital of Austrasia. [3] 768 – Metz becomes part of the Carolingian Empire. 843 – Metz becomes part of Middle Francia. [4] 863 – Religious council held ...