Meuse, a department of north-eastern France, formed out of a part of Lorraine (portions of the Three Bishoprics, and the Barrois and Clermontais) and Champagne. It is bounded at northern side by Belgium and the department of Ardennes, eastern side by northern side that of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Southern side by those of Vosges and Haute-Marne, and western side by those of Marne and Ardennes. About one-half fits in to the basin of the river Meuse, which is enclosed on the west by the wooded region of Argonne, on the east by the hills known as the Cotes de Meuse.

Meuse is a department in northeast France in the region of Lorraine and is surrounded by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium to the north. Cultivation is determined in the Meuse River valley where most of the department's people live cultivating wheat, oats, rye, barley, clover and potatoes and to some extent the vine. Bar-le-Duc, the centre, and Verdun are the principal towns- its industries include the manufacture of metals, foundry products, wood products, ceramics, and glass.