Art-sur-Meurthe

Art-sur-Meurthe
Coat of arms
Art-sur-Meurthe
Location within Lorraine region  Art-sur-Meurthe
Coordinates: 48°39′24″N 6°15′58″E / 48.6567°N 6.2661°ECoordinates: 48°39′24″N 6°15′58″E / 48.6567°N 6.2661°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Tomblaine
Intercommunality	Grand Nancy
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Dessein
Area^1	11.47 km^2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	1,294
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
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 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Art-sur-Meurthe is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	807	—
1968	849	+5.2%
1975	799	−5.9%
1982	814	+1.9%
1990	994	+22.1%
1999	1,109	+11.6%
2006	1,285	+15.9%
2009	1,294	+0.7%

In the past, inhabitants of Art-sur-Meurthe were known by their neighbours as haut-la-queue ("hoity-toitys").^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. 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