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. ==References==