Regional guide to Lorraine Vosges

• Capital - Metz
• Population (2007) - 2,343,000

Lorraine is proud of its strategic position at the border of Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.

A strategic position at the crossroads of Europe explains Lorraine's long, colorful and often turbulent history, which has endowed two major cities with diverse artistic wealth: Metz, once a Gallo-Roman stronghold; and Nancy, whose elegant 18th-century buildings make artwork out of urban architecture.

Climate

Summers in Lorraine are hot humid and sometimes stormy while winters are cold with good snowcover on the mountains.

Beautiful cities & places of interest in Lorraine Vosges

Epinal
A thousand years old city, Epinal has become through the centuries an important economic, political and cultural centre...a town of exceptional artistic and cultural interest.

Metz
With its twenty miles of landscaped walks along rivers, canals and remparts, Metz is a green garden city, winner of the first European prize for flowered cities.

Nancy
At the end of the 19th century, Nancy became a major influence in Europe's Art Nouveau movement. In the 18th century, thanks to Stanislas, Nancy had already become a centre of European culture.

Verdun
Verdun is an heroic town whose name became known all over the world following the Fist World War. In 1916, it became indeed the site of one of the history's most devastating battles with 500 000 soldiers dead.

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