What is Metz?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Metz |commune status = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |arrondissement = Metz |canton = [[Cantons of Metz|3 cantons]] |image = Collage Metz.jpg |image size = 270 |caption = Clockwise from top: overview of city center (with [[Metz Cathedral|Cathedral of Saint Stephen]]), [[Imperial Quarter of Metz|Imperial Quarter]], [[Temple Neuf, Metz|Temple Neuf]], [[Germans' Gate]], [[Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole|Opéra-Théâtre]] (place de la Comédie) |image coat of arms = Grandes Armes de Metz.svg |image flag = Metz flag.svg |INSEE = 57463 |postal code = 57000 |demonym = Messin(e) |mayor = François Grosdidier<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|access-date=11 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Metz Métropole]] |coordinates = {{coord|49|07|13|N|6|10|40|E|region:FR_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = |elevation min m = 162 |elevation max m = 256 |area km2 = 41.94 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} |metro area pop = 391187 |metro area pop date = 2016<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=COM-57463+UU2010-57701+AU2010-024+ZE2010-4107], insee.fr</ref> |website = [http://metz.fr/ Metz Ville] }} '''Metz''' is a city in [[France]], the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Grand Est]] [[Regions of France|region]] and the [[Moselle]] [[D