The canton of Verdun-1 is an administrative division of the Meuse department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganization,...
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The canton of Verdun-sur-Garonne is an administrative division of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, in southern France. At the French canton reorganisation...
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Verdun (/vɜːrˈdʌn/ vur-DUN, UK also /ˈvɛərdʌn/ VAIR-dun, US also /vɛərˈdʌn/ vair-DUN, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is...
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Verdun (French pronunciation: [vɛʁdœ̃] ) is a commune in the Ariège department, southwestern France. Verdun is located in the upper Ariège valley, in...
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Château de Hattonchâtel Chapel of Vaucouleurs Historical reenactment near the Verdun battlefield Arrondissements of the Meuse department Cantons of the...
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The canton of Bern, or Berne (German: Kanton Bern; French: canton de Berne; Romansh: Chantun Berna; Italian: Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming...
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Saint-Mihiel Stenay Vaucouleurs Verdun-1 Verdun-2 Décret n° 2014-166 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Meuse...
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Fort Vaux (redirect from Fort de vaux)
of Verdun. Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed a garrison of 150 men. Vaux was the second fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun after...
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Fort Douaumont (category Battle of Verdun)
(French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun, France, since...
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portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ariège | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-06. 42°43′N 1°50′E / 42.72°N 1.84°E / 42.72; 1.84 v t e...
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Tarn-Tescou-Quercy vert Valence Verdun-sur-Garonne Décret n° 2014-273 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Tarn-et-Garonne...
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one fleur-de-lis crowned all gold. The crown on these arms is for Verdun. The canton carried the Aztec banner from the crest of the parent organization...
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The canton of La Malepère à la Montagne Noire (before 2015: canton of Montréal) is an administrative division of the Aude department, southern France....
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Gérard de Grandson (1239-died 1278), Bishop of Verdun Henri de Grandson (c1252-died 1284), Pastor of Greystoke, Cumberland, Bishop of Verdun Jacques de Grandson...
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Switzerland (redirect from ISO 3166-1:CH)
Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and...
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Somme (department) (category Departments of Hauts-de-France)
forces away from Verdun and relieving the Allied forces there. By its end, the losses on the Somme had exceeded those at Verdun. While Verdun would bite deep...
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expanded its territory eastward: Metz, Toul, and Verdun were recognized as de jure French after a century of de facto protectorate. France annexed part of Alsace...
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Doubs (river) (category Rivers of the canton of Jura)
Dole Saône-et-Loire (F): Verdun-sur-le-Doubs Tributaries include: Loue Dessoubre [fr] Allan The river forms several lakes: Lac de Saint-Point (elevation...
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Senon, canton de Spincourt, Meuse... (Extrait du "Courrier de Verdun"), Verdun: impr. de Lallemant, p. 17 Félix, Jean-Baptiste Chadenet – Assemblée....
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the highest ground in the area. At the very beginning of the Battle of Verdun (February 1916) and due to French unpreparedness, the fort was easily captured...
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Verdun-sur-Garonne (French pronunciation: [vɛʁdœ̃ syʁ ɡaʁɔn], literally Verdun on Garonne; Occitan: Verdun de Garona) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne...
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Basel (category Cantonal capitals of Switzerland)
Switzerland de facto from the Holy Roman Empire. On 9 June 1501, Basel joined the Swiss Confederation as its eleventh canton. It was the only canton that was...
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changed its name to Verdun. Creation of the Village of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Ouest from territories taken from the Village of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Creation...
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of Verdun was created in 1800. As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are...
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Rhenish Franconia—became part of East Francia according to the 843 Treaty of Verdun. From the Middle Ages until 1792, the Palatinate was divided into 45 secular...
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Varennes-en-Argonne lies on the river Aire to the northeast of Sainte-Menehould, near Verdun. Varennes is most notable as it was the ending point of the Flight to Varennes...
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Eupen-Malmedy (redirect from East Cantons)
Elsewhere in Belgium, the region is commonly referred to as the East Cantons (French: Cantons de l'Est, Dutch: Oostkantons). Eupen-Malmedy became part of Belgium...
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Verdun, 1874–1917. Fortress (No. 103). Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84908-412-3. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fortification system of Séré de...
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History of Switzerland (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Swiss Confederation has been a federal republic of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of federation that goes back more than 700...
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