Briey
Briey | |
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Part of Val de Briey | |
Location of Briey | |
| Coordinates: 49°14′58″N 5°56′25″E / 49.2494°N 5.9403°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Briey |
| Canton | Pays de Briey |
| Commune | Val de Briey |
Area 1 | 27.13 km2 (10.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 5,511 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 54150 |
| Elevation | 200–300 m (660–980 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Briey (French pronunciation: [bʁijɛ]; German: Brietz) is a former commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val de Briey.
It is located both above and in a steep section of the valley of the river Woigot, five kilometers to the north of the autoroute that connects Strasbourg with Paris, and 22 km northwest of Metz. The population of the town itself has been around 5,000 since the 1960s.