Moncel-sur-Seille
| Moncel-sur-Seille | |
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  Moncel-sur-Seille | |
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Location within Lorraine region  Moncel-sur-Seille | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′57″N 6°25′21″E / 48.7658°N 6.4225°ECoordinates: 48°45′57″N 6°25′21″E / 48.7658°N 6.4225°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Arrondissement of Nancy |
| Canton | Canton of Seichamps |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Grand Couronné |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Ennio Bazzara (PR) |
| Area1 | 12.41 km2 (4.79 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 474 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54374 / 54280 |
| Elevation |
195–283 m (640–928 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft) |
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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. | |
Moncel-sur-Seille is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
In the past, inhabitants of Moncel were known by their neighbours as culs crottés ("shit arses"), on account of the unusually clingy mud of their village.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 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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