Rossel (french: Rosselle; german: Rossel) is a river flowing on the border of the department of

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

(France) and

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

(Germany). It rises in Longeville-les-Saint-Avold near the border of France and Germany and flows northwards into the

Saar Saar or SAAR has several meanings: People Given name *Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player * Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist *Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor Surname * Ain Saar (born 1968), Est ...

near

Völklingen Völklingen (french: Vœlklange, Moselle Franconian: ''Välglinge'') is a town in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 10 km west of Saarbrücken, and directly borders France. The to ...

. Its course within France and on the French-German border is long. Towns along the Rossel are: * in France: Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold,

Boucheporn Boucheporn (; german: Buschborn) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population Notable people * Claude-François Bertrand de Boucheporn (1741-1794), intendant of the Ancien Régime See also * Commune ...

Saint-Avold Saint-Avold (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Sänt Avuur'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated twenty-eight miles (45 km) east of Metz, France and seventeen miles (27 km) southwest ...

Macheren Macheren (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The village is situated on the N56 road. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 c ...

Betting Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three elem ...

Hombourg-Haut Hombourg-Haut (; ) is a commune located in the department of Moselle, region of Grand Est, in the cultural and historical region Lorraine, north-eastern France. Hombourg-Haut is an old medieval fortress town, built in the thirteenth century ...

Freyming-Merlebach Freyming-Merlebach (; german: Freimingen-Merlenbach) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the agglomeration of Saarbrücken and Forbach.Béning-lès-Saint-Avold Béning-lès-Saint-Avold (, literally ''Béning near Saint-Avold''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 c ...

Cocheren Cocheren (; german: Kochern) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Ditschviller (German: Ditschweiler), Herapel. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following i ...

Rosbruck Rosbruck (; german: Rossbrücken; Lorraine Franconian: ''Rossbrigg'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Twin towns * Großrosseln (Germany) See also * Communes of the Moselle department The follow ...

Morsbach Morsbach is a municipality in Oberbergischer Kreis, a district in North Rhine-Westphalia near the border of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. In 2015, Morsbach's population was 10,600. The central village, also named Morsbach, has a population of ...

Forbach Forbach ( , , ; gsw, Fuerboch) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est. It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it const ...

Petite-Rosselle Petite-Rosselle (; ; Palatine German: ''Klänrossle'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. The commune is separated from neighbouring Großrosseln to its west by the small river Rossel, whi ...

* in Germany:

Großrosseln Großrosseln (; french: Grande-Rosselle) is a village and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the border with France, approximately 12 km west of Saarbrücken. The neighbouring municipality ...

and

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

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