- a city in and the capital of Moselle, in NE France: fortress; battles 1870, 1918, 1940, 1944.
- a city in NE France on the River Moselle: a free imperial city in the 13th century; annexed by France in 1552; part of Germany (1871–1918); centre of the Lorraine iron-mining region. Pop: 123 776 (1999)
