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.

Moncel-sur-Seille
The chapel in Moncel-sur-Seille
The chapel in Moncel-sur-Seille
Coat of arms of Moncel-sur-Seille
Location of Moncel-sur-Seille
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Moncel-sur-Seille is located in France
Moncel-sur-Seille
Moncel-sur-Seille
Moncel-sur-Seille is located in Grand Est
Moncel-sur-Seille
Moncel-sur-Seille
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 (2020–2026) Alain Chane[1]
Area
1
12.41 km2 (4.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
530
 • Density43/km2 (110/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.

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 edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 324—    
1975 311−0.58%
1982 434+4.88%
1990 485+1.40%
1999 474−0.25%
2009 488+0.29%
2014 500+0.49%
2020 521+0.69%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  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 en historique depuis 1968, INSEE