Rosières-aux-Salines
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Rosières-aux-Salines is a commune
in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
département in north-eastern France
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In the past, inhabitants of Rosières-aux-Salines were insultingly known by their neighbours as oua-oua , on account of a speech defect caused by a local thyroid
condition, which was considered hilarious.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...
département in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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In the past, inhabitants of Rosières-aux-Salines were insultingly known by their neighbours as oua-oua , on account of a speech defect caused by a local thyroid
Thyroid
The thyroid gland or simply, the thyroid , in vertebrate anatomy, is one of the largest endocrine glands. The thyroid gland is found in the neck, below the thyroid cartilage...
condition, which was considered hilarious.