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Coordinates: 49°02′02″N, 6°09′14″E

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Montigny-lès-Metz
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Montigny-lès-Metz is located in France
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Location in France
Montigny-lès-Metz is located in Grand Est
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Montigny-lès-Metz
Location in Grand Est
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Metz-Campagne
Canton Montigny-lès-Metz
Intercommunality Metz Métropole
Area
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6.70 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
23,437
 • Density 3,498.1/km2 (9,060/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57480 /57950
Elevation 165–190 m (541–623 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montigny-lès-Metz is a city in northeast France. It is on the Moselle River, near Metz.

The habitants are called Montigniens.

The first humans found in Montigny-lès-Metz were here since Paleolithic.

Toponymy

Montigny comes from two latin words.

  • Mons = mount, mountain, height
  • Ignis = fire

So, the fire mountain, because the Gauls start up a fire on the St Quentin mont to correspond with the other villages.

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