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Country France Region Lorraine Prefecture Metz (2
arrondissements: Subprefectures Boulay-Moselle (2
arrondissements:  • President of the General Council Philippe
Leroy  • Total 6,216 km2 (2,400 sq mi) Population (2006)
 • Total 1,036,776  • Rank 20th  • Density 170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)  • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Department
number 57 Arrondissements 9 Cantons 51 Communes 730  Moselle
(French pronunciation: ​[mɔ.zɛl]) is a department in the east of
France named after the river Moselle.   Saint-Stephen cathedral
in Metz, prefecture of Moselle.   In 1793, the foreign enclaves
of Manderen, Lixing-lès-Rouhling, Momerstroff, and Créhange
(Kriechingen), all possessions of princes of the Ge