Alliance partner France

Allies in France

The Département de la Moselle is represented as an alliance partner for the neighbouring country of France. It is located in the Grand Est region in north-east France, directly on the border with Saarland.

Departments in the Grand Est region
The Grand Est region in France


Département de la Moselle

The citadel of Bitsch

Präsident Patrick Weiten

The Moselle department covers an area of 6,216 km² and is home to around 1.036 million inhabitants. The population density is 169 people/km². The administrative centre is the city of Metz. The department is divided into five arrondissements with a total of 27 cantons.

The Moselle department in the Grand Est region

The Département Moselle has been an official partner of the Saarpfalz district for over 20 years. The close Franco-German cooperation in the Greater Region provides valuable experience for the development of strategies for cross-border project planning within the framework of the alliance.