Moyenvic

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Moyenvic
Moyenvic
Location within Lorraine region Moyenvic
Coordinates: 48°46′41″N 6°33′47″E / 48.7781°N 6.5631°E / 48.7781; 6.5631Coordinates: 48°46′41″N 6°33′47″E / 48.7781°N 6.5631°E / 48.7781; 6.5631
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Château-Salins
Canton	Vic-sur-Seille
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Villard
Area
• Land¹	14.48 km² (5.59 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Population²	342
• Population² Density	24/km² (61/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57490 / 57630
Elevation	198–317 m (650–1,040 ft) (avg. 208 m or 682 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Moyenvic is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

The village festival, which begins this Friday by the lottery, once took place on October 30.

U.S. Moyenvic, the football club of the village is a place of passage also very popular.
Tribute to the patron saints Pienta, Agen Colombe and it was a time of family reunion, joy and children reflected a communal unity.
Religious, Lorraine pie, musical, dance and wooden horses rythmaient this exceptional day.

In 1955, the date of the festival has been advanced to the second Sunday of September. The children were at that time still on vacation, and more favorable weather.^[1]

References

Communes of the Moselle department

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