Vic-sur-Seille

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Vic-sur-Seille
Place Jeanne d'Arc
Place Jeanne d'Arc
Coat of arms of Vic-sur-Seille
Coat of arms
Vic-sur-Seille is located in France
Vic-sur-Seille
Vic-sur-Seille
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Location within Lorraine region
Vic-sur-Seille is located in Lorraine
Vic-sur-Seille
Vic-sur-Seille
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Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton Le Saulnois
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gérard Martini
Area1 19.5 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,469
 • Density 75/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 57712 / 57630
Elevation 195–315 m (640–1,033 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Vic-sur-Seille (German: Salzdorf) is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

People

It was the birthplace of Georges de La Tour.

Art museum

Saint John the Baptist in the desert, Georges de La Tour, circa 1651.

The art museum of Vic-sur-Seille, in French Musée départemental Georges-de-La-Tour, was created in 1996. Its most famous work is Saint John the Baptist in the desert, by Georges de La Tour. Its collections include 17th century paintings by Jacques de Létin, Jacques Blanchard, Cesare Dandini, Domenichino, Meiffren Conte, Charles Le Brun, Matthieu Le Nain, Madeleine Boullogne, Jacques Stella, 18th century landscapes and paintings by Sebastiano Ricci, Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Jan Frans van Bloemen, Jean-Bernard Restout, Joseph-Marie Vien, and 19th century and beginning of the 20th century paintings by Camille Corot, Paul Baudry, Eugène Isabey, Paul Delaroche, Léon Bonnat.

See also

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