Rosières-aux-Salines

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Rosières-aux-Salines

(2020–2026) Philippe Jonquet^[1]Area

26.95 km² (10.41 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,833 • Density110/km² (270/sq mi)DemonymRosiéroisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

54462 /54110

Elevation202–336 m (663–1,102 ft)
(avg. 211 m or 692 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rosières-aux-Salines (French pronunciation: [ʁozjɛʁ o salin]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.

In the past, inhabitants of Rosières-aux-Salines were insultingly known by their neighbours as oua-oua (pronounced "wa-wa"), on account of a speech defect caused by a local thyroid condition, which was considered hilarious.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,584	—
1975	2,604	+0.11%
1982	2,830	+1.20%
1990	2,946	+0.50%
1999	2,839	−0.41%
2007	2,830	−0.04%
2012	2,874	+0.31%
2017	2,858	−0.11%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p37, Picador (2007), ISBN 978-0-330-42761-6, citing Vital Collet "Sobriquets caractérisant les habitants de villages lorrains" in Le Pays lorrain, Nancy (1908), pp442-449 and Henri-Adolphe Labourasse, "Anciens us, coutumes, légendes, supersititions, préjugés, etc. du département de la Meuse" in Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et art de Bar-le-Duc, 1902, pp3-225
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE