Moselle (department)
…and the communes around Sierck-les-Bains. Between 1815 and 1871, the department had an area of 5,387 km2 (2,080 sq mi). Its prefecture (capital) was Metz. It had four arrondissements: Metz, Briey, Sarreguemines, and Thionville. After the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, almost all of…