Rosières-aux-Salines
Rosières-aux-Salines | |
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Location of Rosières-aux-Salines  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Nancy |
| Canton | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Pays du Sel et du Vermois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Thibault Bazin |
Area 1 | 26.95 km2 (10.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | 2,874 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/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. | |
Rosières-aux-Salines is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
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.[1]
See also
References
- ^ 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
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