Montigny-lès-Metz
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Montigny-lès-Metz
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Coordinates: 49°06′02″N 6°09′14″E / 49.1006°N 6.1539°E / 49.1006; 6.1539
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Metz
Canton	Montigny-lès-Metz
Intercommunality	Metz Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Bohl[1] (DVC)
Area 1	6.70 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	21,854
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57480 /57950
Elevation	165–190 m (541–623 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montigny-lès-Metz (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲi lɛ mɛs], literally Montigny near Metz; German: Monteningen, (1940–1944) Montenich) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Metz, and is adjacent to it on the west. From 1871 (Franco-German War) to 1919 (Treaty of Versailles), it was officially a part of the German Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 698 —     1800 724 +0.52% 1806 860 +2.91% 1821 972 +0.82% 1836 1,292 +1.92% 1841 1,384 +1.39% 1861 2,614 +3.23% 1866 2,673 +0.45% 1871 2,813 +1.03% 1875 2,734 −0.71% 1880 3,101 +2.55% 1885 3,272 +1.08% 1890 3,953 +3.85% 1895 6,645 +10.95% 1900 8,533 +5.13% 1905 12,079 +7.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1910 10,260 −3.21% 1921 11,839 +1.31% 1926 11,782 −0.10% 1931 13,432 +2.66% 1936 16,789 +4.56% 1946 13,084 −2.46% 1954 19,271 +4.96% 1962 22,388 +1.89% 1968 24,520 +1.53% 1975 24,519 −0.00% 1982 22,114 −1.46% 1990 21,983 −0.07% 1999 23,437 +0.71% 2007 22,585 −0.46% 2012 21,990 −0.53% 2017 21,819 −0.16%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

• Jardin botanique de Metz

• Communes of the Moselle department

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