Editing Meix-devant-Virton

{{Short description|Municipality in Luxembourg Province, Belgium}}
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|native_name      = ''Minch-duvant-Vèrtan'' (Gaumais)
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|community        = {{BE-FR}}
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|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
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|mayor             = Pascal François
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|postal-codes      = 6769
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'''Meix-devant-Virton''' ({{IPA|fr|mɛks dəvɑ̃ viʁtɔ̃}}, literally ''Meix before [[Virton]]''; [[lorrain language|Gaumais]]: ''Minch-duvant-Vèrtan''; {{langx|wa|Méch-divant-Vierton}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Luxembourg (Belgium)|province of Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]]. 

On 1 January 2017 the municipality had 2,812 inhabitants. The total area is 54.2&nbsp;km², giving a [[population density]] of 54 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: [[Gérouville]], Meix-devant-Virton, [[Robelmont]], [[Sommethonne]], and [[Villers-la-Loue]]. Other population centers include: [[Belle Vue (Gaume)|Belle Vue]], [[Berchiwé]], [[Houdrigny]], [[La Soye]] and [[Limes (Gaume)|Limes]].

== Geography ==
It is located in the [[Gaume]], near [[Orval Abbey]], [[Avioth]] and [[Virton]].

[[Belgian railway line 165|railway line 165 Athus-Meuse]] and the [[Chevratte]], an affluent of the [[Ton (Gaume)|Ton]]. The national road 88 is linking [[Florenville]] and [[Athus]] ([[Aubange]]) and coming from [[Dampicourt]] in the south, it heads west toward [[Gérouville]] and the [[Belgium–France border|French border]].

== Demography ==
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== Security and safety ==
The municipality is part of the Gaume Police Zone and the Luxembourg safety zone for firemen. The [[112 (emergency telephone number)|emergency number]] for those two services is 112.

== Heraldry ==

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==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Meix-devant-Virton]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Meix-devant-Virton
|N  = [[Tintigny]]
|E  = [[Virton]]
|S  = [[Rouvroy, Belgium|Rouvroy]]
|W  = [[Margny, Ardennes|Margny]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Ardennes (department)|08]])<br/>[[Breux, Meuse|Breux]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Meuse (department)|55]])<br/>[[Thonne-la-Long]] ([[France|FR]]-[[Meuse (department)|55]])
|NW = [[Florenville]]
}}
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