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 Region' information:
Lorraine is the only French region to have borders with three other countries: Belgium (Wallonia), Luxembourg, and Germany (Saar, Rhineland-Palatinate). It also borders the French regions of Franche-Comté, Alsace, and Champagne-Ardenne. The location of Lorraine led to it being seen as a strategic asset and as the crossroads of four nations, it had a very important role in European affairs. Many rivers run through Lorraine, including the Rhine, Moselle, Meurthe, and Meuse.
Epinal:
A thousand-year-old city. Epinal has through the centuries become an important economic, political and cultural centre... A town of exceptional artistic and cultural interest...
Metz:
With its twenty miles of landscaped walks along rivers, canals and along the ramparts, Metz is a green garden city, winner of the first European Prize for Flowered Cities...
Nancy:
At the end of the 19 th century, Nancy became a major influence in Europe's Art Nouveau movement... In the 18 th, Thanks to Stanislas, Nancy had already become a centre of european culture...
Verdun:
An heroic Town whose name became known all over the world following the First First World War... In 1916, it became the site of one history's most devastatinfg battle with 500 000 soldiers dead...
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Meuse
Verdun |
Moselle
Metz |
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