Meuse (department)

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Meuse (French pronunciation: [møz] ) is a department in northeast France, named after the river Meuse. Meuse is part of the current region of Grand Est and is landlocked and borders by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium to the north. Parts of Meuse belong to the Parc naturel régional de Lorraine. It had a population of 180,290 in 2023. Front lines in trench warfare during World War I ran varying courses through the department and it hosted an important battle/offensive in 1916 in and around Verdun. The six uninhabited communes of France (with a population of 0) are in Meuse, as testimony to the villages destroyed in the war. Their mayors are uniquely appointed by the prefect, and tasked with keeping their memory alive.

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