Art-sur-Meurthe

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

Art-sur-Meurthe
Commune
The charterhouse of Bosserville
Coat of arms
Location of Art-sur-Meurthe
Art-sur-Meurthe Art-sur-Meurthe
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 (2014-2020)	Jean-Pierre Dessein
Area ^1	11.47 km^2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,470
• Density	130/km^2 (330/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.

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%
2015	1,303	+0.7%

In the past, inhabitants of Art-sur-Meurthe were known by their neighbours as haut-la-queue ("hoity-toitys").[2]

See also

• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. 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