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University of Pont-à-Mousson

Pont-à-Mousson
Commune
The Moselle and the Premonstratensian abbey in Pont-à-Mousson.
The Moselle and the Premonstratensian abbey in Pont-à-Mousson.
Coat of arms of Pont-à-Mousson
Coat of arms
Pont-à-Mousson is located in France
Pont-à-Mousson
Pont-à-Mousson
Coordinates: 48°54′19″N 6°03′17″E / 48.9053°N 6.0547°E / 48.9053; 6.0547Coordinates: 48°54′19″N 6°03′17″E / 48.9053°N 6.0547°E / 48.9053; 6.0547
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Nancy
Canton Pont-à-Mousson
Intercommunality Pays de Pont-à-Mousson
Government
 • Mayor (2009–2014) Jacques Choquenet
Area1 21.6 km2 (8.3 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 15,053
 • Density 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
 • Urban 26,948
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 54431 /54700
Elevation 172–382 m (564–1,253 ft)
(avg. 183 m or 600 ft)
Website www.ville-pont-a-mousson.fr

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pont-à-Mousson (French pronunciation: ​[pɔ̃.ta.mu.sɔ̃]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

Population (1999): 14,592 (Mussipontains). It is an industrial town (mainly steel industry), situated on the Moselle River. Pont-à-Mousson has several historical monuments, including the 18th century Premonstratensian abbey.

In 1572 Cardinal Charles of Lorraine established a Jesuit university at Pont-à-Mousson. With the Protestant revolution building in the German-speaking lands, still part of the Holy Roman Empire, directly to the east, and the Duchy of Lorraine vulnerable to pressure from an increasingly assertive French state directly to the west, the Duchy participated in the wars of religion on the side of the Counter-Reformation. The Tridentine strategy promulgated by the Holy See involved the creation of a "Roman Catholic backbone" (sometimes termed the Lotharingian axis from the territories, including Lorraine, between France and the Habsburg Empire).

During the seventeenth century the university grew rapidly until there were about 2,000 students. There were four faculties covering theology, the arts, law and medicine. Students were drawn from across western and central Europe. Over time a rivalry grew up between students in the St Martin district, located on the right-bank of the river and dominated by Jesuits, and the left-bank students based in the St Laurent quarter and considered the rowdier of the two student tribes. Rivalry peaked with the violent "printers' battles" when the rival factions were known respectively as the "Ponti Mussoni" and the "Mussiponti". The "Mussiponti" won, and in the region the inhabitants of the town became known thereafter as "Mussipontains/Mussipontines".


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