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Meuse

French department
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Meuse
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Summary

Meuse is a department of France[1]. Meuse draws 3,077 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #51 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Grand Est[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Capital: Bar-le-Duc[5]
  • Shares border with: Haute-Marne[6], Marne[7], Ardennes[8], Meurthe-et-Moselle[9], Vosges[10], Luxembourg[11]
  • Named after: Meuse[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc[13], arrondissement of Commercy[14], arrondissement of Verdun[15]
  • Commons category: Meuse (department)[16]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17], UTC+02:00[18]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[19]
  • Highest point: Q26882162[20]
  • Official website: http://www.meuse.pref.gouv.fr/[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Meuse (department)[22]
  • Population: 193,923[23], 190,626[24], 187,187[25], 185,355[26], 184,083[27], 183,001[28], 181,919[29], 180,745[30], 180,290[31]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Meuse[32]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[33]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[35], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
  • Official name: Meuse[38]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de la Meuse[39]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Meuse[40]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Meuse[41]
  • Native label: Meuse[42]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Meuse (department)[43]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Meuse (department)[44]
  • Owner of: Sous-préfecture de Verdun[45]
  • Different from: Meuse[46]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Meuse include Gare de Meuse TGV[47], a railway station[48], in France[49], founded in 2007[50].

Why It Matters

Meuse has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Meuse is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for Meuse include Gare de Meuse TGV[47], a railway station[48], in France[49], founded in 2007[50].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc, arrondissement of Commercy, arrondissement of Verdun +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
  2. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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