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Vezouze
The Vezouze () is a river in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Meurthe. Its source is on Mont Donon in the Vosges ''département''. It is long. The river joins the Meurthe on the northern edge of Lunéville, France, the former capital of Lorraine that was strategically located there. In the 18th century the dukes of Lorraine channelled the flow of the water into a series of garden follies at the Château de Lunéville. Towns along the river * Val-et-Châtillon * Cirey-sur-Vezouze * Blâmont * Domèvre-sur-Vezouze * Bénaménil * Thiébauménil * Marainviller * Croismare * Chanteheux * Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German, obsolete: ''Lünstadt'' ) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze. History Lu ... References Rivers of France Rivers of Meurthe-et-Moselle Rivers of Vosges (department) Rivers of Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Cirey-sur-Vezouze (, literally ''Cirey on Vezouze'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department in north-eastern France. History During the Second World War, a Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster Bomber was forced to crash land near Cirey-sur-Vezouze after a bombing raid on Stuttgart. Three of the crew were killed in the crash landing with a further two airmen (including Flight Sergeant Fordham) being apprehended, taken into the nearby forest and summarily executed by German forces. Three war graves lay in Cirey-sur-Vezouze's graveyard, with the shallow graves in the forest being discovered and exhumed by a team led by Major Eric Barksworth.Lewis. ''SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra-Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals'' (Quercus, London (2015)). See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department References Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Cireysurvezouze Three Bishoprics {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domèvre-sur-Vezouze
Domèvre-sur-Vezouze (, literally ''Domèvre on Vezouze'') is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The following is a list of the 591 communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Domevresurvezouze {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chanteheux
Chanteheux is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Geography Chanteheux is located in the north-east of Lunéville. The commune is crossed by the Vezouze. File:Map commune FR insee code 54116.png, Mapof the commune File:Chanteheux (M-et-M) city limit sign.jpg, Chanteheux entry File:Chanteheux (M-et-M) la Vezouze.jpg, The Vezouze at Chanteheux Economy Chanteheux has a bakery, a bar and a hairdressing salon in its center, and commercial zone in its periphery. File:Chanteheux (M-et-M) rue principale, commerces.jpg, Chanteheux, main street and shops Community and sports life Chanteheux has an amateur football club, the Amicale de Chanteheux. The family association organize every year wine fair of Lunéville, a wood fair, and Christmas market, usually taking place at the local multifunctional room. File:Chanteheux (M-et-M) complexe des vieux métiers.jpg, Multifunctional room of Chanteheux File:Chanteheux (M-et-M) stade.jpg, The stadium, hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meurthe (river)
The Meurthe () is a river in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Moselle. It is long. Its source is in the Vosges mountains, near the Col de la Schlucht in the Vosges département, from where it flows in an overall north-westerly direction. Its name gave rise to the naming of the present French ''département'' Meurthe-et-Moselle and the former (before the change in the Franco-German border after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870) ''département'' Meurthe. Channelled during its route through Nancy, the river flows into the Moselle at Pompey on the northern edge of Nancy, a short distance down-stream from the Port of Frouard. Towns along the river Meurthe include: * in Vosges: Fraize, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Raon-l'Étape * in Meurthe-et-Moselle: Baccarat, Lunéville and Nancy Tributaries include: * Fave * Rabodeau * Plaine * Vezouze The Vezouze () is a river in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Meurthe. Its source is on Mont Donon in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunéville
Lunéville ( ; German, obsolete: ''Lünstadt'' ) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze. History Lunéville was a renowned resort in the 18th century, known as the capital of Lorraine. The grand Château de Lunéville, built in 1702 for Leopold, Duke of Lorraine to replace an older palace, was the residence of the duke of Lorraine until the duchy was annexed by France in 1766. The château was designed in the style of Versailles to satisfy Leopold's wife, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, the niece of Louis XIV, and became known as the "Versailles of Lorraine". It includes a chapel designed by Germain Boffrand. Leopold and his wife were the parents of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (through him they were the grandparents of Marie Antoinette). The last duke of Lorraine was Stanislaus I, the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val-et-Châtillon
Val-et-Châtillon () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... See also * Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department References Valetchatillon {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Meurthe-et-Moselle
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, ..., lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as Stream#Creek, creek, Stream#Brook, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to Geographical feature, geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "Burn (landform), burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of France
This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in France. The rivers are grouped by sea or ocean. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Some rivers (e.g. Sûre/Sauer) do not flow through France themselves, but they are mentioned for having French tributaries. They are given in ''italics''. For clarity, only rivers that are longer than 50 km (or have longer tributaries) are shown. In French, rivers are traditionally classified either as ''fleuves'' when they flow into the sea (or into a desert or lake), or as ''rivières'' when they flow into another river. The ''fleuves'' are shown in bold. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of France, see the category Rivers of France. Tributary list North Sea The rivers in this section are sorted north-east (Netherlands) to south-west ( Calais). * Rhine/Rhin (main branch at Hook of Holland, Netherlands) ** Moselle (in Koblenz, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croismare
Croismare () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The following is a list of the 591 communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marainviller
Marainviller is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... See also * Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department References Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bénaménil
Bénaménil () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The following is a list of the 591 communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiébauménil
Thiébauménil () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The following is a list of the 591 communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
