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Rosières-aux-Salines

Coordinates: 48°35′34″N 6°20′03″E / 48.5928°N 6.3342°E / 48.5928; 6.3342
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Rosières-aux-Salines
The town hall in Rosières-aux-Salines
The town hall in Rosières-aux-Salines
Coat of arms of Rosières-aux-Salines
Location of Rosières-aux-Salines
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Rosières-aux-Salines is located in France
Rosières-aux-Salines
Rosières-aux-Salines
Rosières-aux-Salines is located in Grand Est
Rosières-aux-Salines
Rosières-aux-Salines
Coordinates: 48°35′34″N 6°20′03″E / 48.5928°N 6.3342°E / 48.5928; 6.3342
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementNancy
CantonLunéville-2
IntercommunalityCC Pays du Sel et du Vermois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Jonquet[1]
Area
1
26.95 km2 (10.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,833
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
DemonymRosiérois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54462 /54110
Elevation202–336 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 (French pronunciation: [ʁozjɛʁ o salin]) 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.[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,584—    
1975 2,604+0.11%
1982 2,830+1.20%
1990 2,946+0.50%
1999 2,839−0.41%
2007 2,830−0.04%
2012 2,874+0.31%
2017 2,858−0.11%
Source: INSEE[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE