Moselle

Demographics

The inhabitants of the département are called Mosellans in French.

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The population has remained relatively stable since World War II and now exceeds 1 million, located mostly in the urban area around Metz and along the Moselle River.

Related Topics:
Metz - Moselle River

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If the Moselle département still existed in its limits of between 1815-1871, its population at the 1999 French census would have been 1,089,804 inhabitants. The current Moselle département, whose limits were set in 1919, had less population, with only 1,023,447 inhabitants. This is because the industrial area of Briey and Longwy lost in 1871 is more populated than the rural areas of Château-Salins and Sarrebourg gained in 1919.

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Today, about 100,000 – 300,000 inhabitants of the département have German as their native language. The local dialect is known as Lothringer Platt; linguistically, it is classified as Rhenish Franconian, Moselle Franconian, and Luxembourg Franconian.

Related Topics:
German - Rhenish Franconian - Moselle Franconian - Luxembourg Franconian

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