Rosières-aux-Salines

Rosières-aux-Salines is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.

Rosières-aux-Salines
Commune
The town hall in Rosières-aux-Salines
Coat of arms
Location of Rosières-aux-Salines
Rosières-aux-Salines
Rosières-aux-Salines
Coordinates: 48°35′34″N 6°20′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementNancy
CantonLunéville-2
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes des Pays du Sel et du Vermois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Thibault Bazin
Area
1
26.95 km2 (10.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,858
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Rosiérois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54462 /54110
Elevation202–336 m (663–1,102 ft)
(avg. 211 m or 692 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In the past, inhabitants of Rosières-aux-Salines were insultingly known by their neighbours as oua-oua (pronounced "wa-wa"), on account of a speech defect caused by a local thyroid condition, which was considered hilarious.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p37, 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



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