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Verdun-sur-Meuse

Verdun
Verdun and the Meuse river
Verdun and the Meuse river
Verdun is located in France
Verdun
Verdun
Coordinates: 49°09′43″N 5°23′15″E / 49.162°N 5.3876°E / 49.162; 5.3876Coordinates: 49°09′43″N 5°23′15″E / 49.162°N 5.3876°E / 49.162; 5.3876
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Government
 • Mayor Samuel Hazard
Area1 31.03 km2 (11.98 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 18,327
 • Density 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 55545 /55100
Elevation 194–330 m (636–1,083 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Imperial City of Verdun
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
? – 1552


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Capital Verdun
Government Republic
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  Established Uncertain Enter start year
 •  Three Bishoprics
    annexed by France
 
1552 1552
 •  Peace of Westphalia
    recognises annexation
 
1648
Succeeded by
Early modern France
Today part of  France

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.


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Verdun (/vɛərˈdʌn, vɜːr-/;French pronunciation: ​[vɛʁ.dœ̃]; medieval German: Wirten, official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a small city in the Meuse department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.

Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital of the department is the slightly smaller city of Bar-le-Duc.

Verdun (Verodunum, a latinisation of a place name meaning "strong fort") was founded by the Gauls. It has been the seat of the bishop of Verdun since the 4th century, with interruptions. The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided Charlemagne's empire into three parts.


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