Dieuze

Dieuze
Coat of arms
Dieuze
Location within Lorraine region  Dieuze
Coordinates: 48°48′46″N 6°43′14″E / 48.812778°N 6.720556°ECoordinates: 48°48′46″N 6°43′14″E / 48.812778°N 6.720556°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Le Saulnois
Intercommunality	Saulnois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Fernand Lormant
Area^1	9.35 km^2 (3.61 sq mi)
Population (2007)^2	3,832
• Density	410/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57177 / 57260
Elevation	205–245 m (673–804 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.

Dieuze (German: Duß) is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

People

Dieuze was the birthplace of:

• Charles Hermite, mathematician
• Edmond François Valentin About, novelist, publicist and journalist
• Émile Friant, painter
• Gustave Charpentier, composer
• Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont, Austrian statesman and general

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department