Verdun

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Verdun (German: Wirten, official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune in the Lorraine r?gion, northeast France, in the Meuse d?partement, of which it is a sous-pr?fecture. Population 25,000.

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Verdun (Latin: Verodunum) was founded by the Romans. It has been the seat of a bishop since the 4th century, with interruptions. In the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided into three parts. Verdun became part of the middle kingdom Lotharingia, and later of the Holy Roman Empire, in which it was an Imperial Free City. Together with Toul and Metz, it formed the Three Bishoprics, that became part of France in 1552 (recognized in 1648).

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