Meix-le-Tige ( wa, Méch-li-Tîxhe; lb, Däisch-MierZesummegestallt vum Henri Leyder - Lëtzebuerger Marienkalender 1997 - iwwerschaft 3/2011/''Däitsch-Meesch''; german: Deutsch-Meer) is a village of

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

and a district of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Saint-Léger, located in the

province of Luxembourg Luxembourg (french: Luxembourg ; nl, Luxemburg ; german: Luxemburg ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; wa, Lussimbork), also called Belgian Luxembourg, is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on the country of Luxembourg to the ea ...

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. It was a separate municipality until the 1977 fusion of municipalities.

Etymology

Meix-le-Tige is an exception in

Belgian Lorraine Belgian Lorraine is the part of Lorraine that lies in the south of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, in Wallonia. The term is used solely in a geological context, as the region borders the geologically-distinct Ardennes, to the north. Cultural ...

, in that its name has a Germanic origin even though its inhabitants traditionally spoke the Romance Lorrain dialect called gaumais. The explanation comes from the first great plagues of the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

, when the Frankish population was wiped out. The village was then re-populated by the Romance-speaking Gaumais, who nevertheless kept the original Germanic name.

References

Former municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium) Saint-Léger, Belgium {{LuxembourgBE-geo-stub