Art-sur-Meurthe

Art-sur-Meurthe is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

Art-sur-Meurthe
Commune
The charterhouse of Bosserville
Coat of arms
Location of Art-sur-Meurthe
Art-sur-Meurthe
Art-sur-Meurthe
Coordinates: 48°39′24″N 6°15′58″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementNancy
CantonGrand Couronné
IntercommunalityMétropole Grand Nancy
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Jean-Pierre Dessein
Area
1
11.47 km2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,470
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54025 /54510
Elevation195–268 m (640–879 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962 807—    
1968 849+5.2%
1975 799−5.9%
1982 814+1.9%
1990 994+22.1%
1999 1,109+11.6%
2006 1,285+15.9%
2009 1,294+0.7%
2015 1,303+0.7%

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

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p36, Picador (2007), ISBN 978-0-330-42761-6, 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


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