Bitche is a commune in Moselle department, in the region of Grand Est in northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city, and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the Pays de Bitche community of communes.
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Image: Bitche Porte de Strasbourg (1)
Image: Saint Augustin Bitche
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Moselle is the most populous department in Lorraine, in the northeast of France, and is named after the river Moselle, a tributary of the Rhine, which flows through the western part of the department. It had a population of 1,046,543 in 2019. Inhabitants of the department are known as Mosellans.
Prefecture building of the Moselle department, in Metz
The Moselle département till 1793 (including Bouquenom and Vieux Sarverden)
Saint-Etienne cathedral in Metz, prefecture of Moselle.
Metz Cathedral