TheMoselle Valley (French:vallée de la Moselle,pronounced[valedəlamɔzɛl];German:Moseltal,pronounced[ˈmoːzl̩ˌtaːl]ⓘ) is a region in north-easternFrance, south-westernGermany, and easternLuxembourg, centred on the rivervalley formed by the riverMoselle. The Moselle runs through, and along the borders of, the three countries, and drains a fourth,Belgium.
The Moselle has been promoted as a qualitywhite wine-producing region since the nineteenth century and "Moselle wine" is produced in three countries; it is the heart of the Luxembourg wine industry,[1] and is also of the GermanMosel region, and there are some vineyards in France. The Moselle has developed a strongtourism industry around its reputation as a rural idyll. The tourism sector is most prominent in theLuxembourgian and German parts of the Moselle.
Luxembourg's part of the valley roughly corresponds with the central and eastern parts of the cantons ofGrevenmacher andRemich. Almost all of thelowest-lyingcommunes in Luxembourg lie along the Moselle. There are no large towns in Luxembourg's part of the Moselle valley, but the main settlements areGrevenmacher,Mondorf-les-Bains,Remich, andWasserbillig, all of which have populations in excess of 2,000 people.
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