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Moncel-sur-Seille

Moncel-sur-Seille
The chapel in Moncel-sur-Seille
The chapel in Moncel-sur-Seille
Coat of arms of Moncel-sur-Seille
Map
Location of Moncel-sur-Seille
Moncel-sur-Seille is located in France
Moncel-sur-Seille
Moncel-sur-Seille
Location within France
Moncel-sur-Seille is located in Grand Est
Moncel-sur-Seille
Moncel-sur-Seille
Location within Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°45′57″N 6°25′21″E / 48.7658°N 6.4225°E / 48.7658; 6.4225
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementNancy
CantonGrand Couronné
IntercommunalityCC Seille et Grand Couronné
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Alain Chane[1]
Area
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12.41 km2 (4.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
548
  Density44.2/km2 (114/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54374 /54280
Elevation195–283 m (640–928 ft)
(avg. 206 m or 676 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moncel-sur-Seille (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃sɛl syʁ sɛj], literally Moncel on Seille) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.

The commune covers an area of 12.41 km² (4.79 sq mi). Alain Chane is the mayor for the 2020-2026 tenure.

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.[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 324    
1975 311−0.58%
1982 434+4.88%
1990 485+1.40%
1999 474−0.25%
2007 492+0.47%
2012 474−0.74%
2017 523+1.99%
2023 548+0.78%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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References

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  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. 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
  4. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE