Liverdun
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Toul | |
| Canton | Le Nord-Toulois (main town) | |
| Community association | Bassin de Pompey | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 ′ N , 6 ° 4 ′ E | |
| height | 187-340 m | |
| surface | 25.23 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,087 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 241 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 54460 | |
| INSEE code | 54318 | |
 The Moselle near Liverdun |
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Liverdun is a French commune with 6087 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).
The place name is probably derived from the name of the Roman god Liber and the Gallic word dunum (castle, fortress).
geography
Liverdun is located on a hill in a loop of the Moselle , which has been channeled since 1999 , 18 kilometers northeast of Toul and 15 kilometers northwest of Nancy .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 3730 | 3876 | 5035 | 6110 | 6435 | 6390 | 5956 |
Local products
The shell-shaped pastry Madeleines de Liverdun is made in Liverdun .
Parish partnership
Since June 17, 1979 there has been a community partnership with the German community of Weingarten in Baden-Württemberg.
Web links
Commons : Liverdun - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Private website via Liverdun (French)
- Liverdun in the Base Mémoire des Ministère de la culture (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Guides Gallimard (ed.): Lorraine . Gallimard, Paris 2002, ISBN 978-2-7424-0908-2 , pp. 66 . (French)