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Châlons-sur-Champagne (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 48 57 14 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 48.9539 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 22 02 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.3672 decimal degrees |
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Note: Chief town of ancient Catalauni, Gallic tribe; fortified by Romans; site of defeat of Attila by Romans & Visigoths 451 which stopped advance of Huns in Europe; prosperous in 10th cen.; united to France 1360; taken by Germans 1870; occupied by Nazis 1940s. |
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| Châlons-sur-Champagne (preferred,C,V)
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............ | from 1997 |
| Châlons-en-Champagne (C,V,French,U)
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............ | from 1997 |
| Châlons (C,V,French,U)
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| שלון-סור-מארן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Châlons-sur-Marne (H,V,French,U)
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............ | until 1997 |
| Chalons-sur-Marne (H,V,English-P)
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| Durocatalaunum (H,V)
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............ | ancient, as called by Romans |
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Grand Est (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was important ancient Gallic center |
| city (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| commune (administrative) (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| episcopal see (H) |
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during 10th cen. |
| religious center (H) |
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of early Christianity, 250 AD |
| regional capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Catalaunian Fields .......... (historic site) |
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(World, Europe, France, Grand Est) [6001210] |
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