Art-sur-Meurthe

Art-sur-Meurthe
Commune
The charterhouse of Bosserville
Coat of arms
Location of Art-sur-Meurthe
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Coordinates: 48°39′24″N 6°15′58″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Grand Couronné
Intercommunality	Métropole Grand Nancy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Dessein[1]
Area ^1	11.47 km^2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,660
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	54025 /54510
Elevation	195–268 m (640–879 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Art-sur-Meurthe (French pronunciation: [aʁ syʁ mœʁt], literally Art on Meurthe) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

The commune covers an area of 11.47 km² (4.43 sq mi). The current mayor is Jean-Pierre Dessein.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	849	—
1975	799	−0.86%
1982	814	+0.27%
1990	994	+2.53%
1999	1,109	+1.22%
2009	1,294	+1.55%
2014	1,236	−0.91%
2020	1,620	+4.61%
Source: INSEE[3]

In the past, inhabitants of Art-sur-Meurthe were known by their neighbours as haut-la-queue ("hoity-toitys").[4]

See also

• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. 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