Meix-le-Tige

Meix-le-Tige is an exception in Belgian Lorraine, in that its name has a Germanic origin even though its inhabitants traditionally spoke the Romance Lorrain dialect called gaumais. The explanation comes from the first great plagues of the Middle Ages, when the Frankish population was wiped out. The village was then re-populated by the Romance-speaking Gaumais, who nevertheless kept the original Germanic name.

49°37′N 5°43′E / 49.617°N 5.717°E / 49.617; 5.717