Vionville () is a former
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Moselle department in
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...
in north-eastern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Rezonville-Vionville.
The
battle of Vionville (Rezonville or Mars-la-Tour) was fought here on 16 of August 1870 between the French and the Germans during the
Franco-Prussian War.
See also
*
Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Parc naturel régional de Lorraine
Lorraine Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional de Lorraine'') is a protected area of pastoral countryside in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, in the historic region of Lorraine. The park covers a total area of . The ...]
References
Former communes of Moselle (department)
Populated places disestablished in 2019
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