Metz: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: Grand Est
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 123,914
• Coordinates: 49.1191° N, 6.1727° E
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 281 km (174 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport (ETZ): 16 km (10 mi), straight line
• Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX, Luxembourg): 57 km (35 mi), straight line
• Saarbrücken Airport (SCN, Germany): 69 km (43 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Montigny-les-Metz: 3.0 km (1.9 mi)
• Briey: 22 km (14 mi)
• Hayange: 25 km (15 mi)
• Boulay-Moselle: 25 km (15 mi)
• Pont-a-Mousson: 25 km (16 mi)

Things to see

• Abbaye Saint-Arnould (attraction)
• Ancien château Lasalle (castle)
• Hôtel de Gournay-Burtaigne (attraction)
• Hôtel de la Bulette (attraction)
• Maisons (attraction)