Art-sur-Meurthe

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Art-sur-Meurthe

(2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Dessein^[1]Area

11.47 km² (4.43 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,660 • Density140/km² (370/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

54025 /54510

Elevation195–268 m (640–879 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Art-sur-Meurthe (French pronunciation: [aʁ syʁ mœʁt], literally Art on Meurthe) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

The commune covers an area of 11.47 km² (4.43 sq mi). The current mayor is Jean-Pierre Dessein.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	849	—
1975	799	−0.86%
1982	814	+0.27%
1990	994	+2.53%
1999	1,109	+1.22%
2009	1,294	+1.55%
2014	1,236	−0.91%
2020	1,620	+4.61%
Source: INSEE^[3]

In the past, inhabitants of Art-sur-Meurthe were known by their neighbours as haut-la-queue ("hoity-toitys").^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p36, 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