Rosières-aux-Salines (French pronunciation: [ʁozjɛʁ o salin]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
Rosières-aux-Salines | |
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_mairie.jpg) 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 / 48.5928°N 6.3342°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Nancy |
| Canton | Lunéville-2 |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays du Sel et du Vermois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Jonquet[1] |
Area 1 | 26.95 km2 (10.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,833 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Rosiérois |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54462 /54110 |
| Elevation | 202–336 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.[3]
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,584 | — |
| 1975 | 2,604 | 0.11% |
| 1982 | 2,830 | 1.20% |
| 1990 | 2,946 | 0.50% |
| 1999 | 2,839 | −0.41% |
| 2007 | 2,830 | −0.04% |
| 2012 | 2,874 | 0.31% |
| 2017 | 2,858 | −0.11% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ 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
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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