Dieulouard

Dieulouard
Coat of arms
Dieulouard
Location within Lorraine region Dieulouard
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Dieulouard
Intercommunality	Vals de Moselle et de l'Esch
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Poirson
Area1	17.69 km2 (6.83 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	4,545
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	54157 / 54380
Elevation	177–307 m (581–1,007 ft) (avg. 185 m or 607 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dieulouard (formerly Dieulwart) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Dieulouard is located between Pont-à-Mousson and Nancy, on the left bank of the Moselle River. It is the location of the Gallo-Roman city of Scarpone.

In August 1608 a small group of exiled English Benedictines were given a deserted collegiate church in the town. The church was dedicated to St Laurence and so the monks adopted him as the patron of their community. During the French Revolution the community was forced to flee France. In 1802 the monks settled at Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire.

See also

• Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
• Parc naturel régional de Lorraine

External links

• Official website