What is Montigny-lès-Metz?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Montigny-lès-Metz |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Montigny-lès-Metz (Moselle).svg |arrondissement = Metz-Campagne |canton = Montigny-lès-Metz |INSEE = 57480 |postal code = 57950 |mayor = Jean-Luc Bohl ([[New Centre|NC]]) |term = 2008–2014 |intercommunality = Metz Métropole |coordinates = {{coord|49.1006|6.1539|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = |elevation min m = 165 |elevation max m = 190 |area km2 = 6.70 |population = 23437 |population date = 1999 }} '''Montigny-lès-Metz''' is a city in northeast [[France]]. It is on the [[Moselle River]], near [[Metz]]. The habitants are called ''Montigniens''. The first humans found in '''Montigny-lès-Metz''' were here since [[Paleolithic]]. ==Toponymy== Montigny comes from two [[latin]] words. * Mons = mount, mountain, height * Ignis = fire So, the ''fire mountain'', because the [[Gauls]] start up a fire on the St Quentin mont to correspond with the other villages. {{Commonscat}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Montigny-Les-Metz}} [[Category:Communes in Moselle]] {{stub}}