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Metz (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 06 56 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.1155 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 10 33 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.1759 decimal degrees |
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Note: Fortified by Romans; sacked by Attila 5th cen.; prospered as free imperial city 13th cen.; taken by French along with Tour & Verdun 1552; surrendered to Germans in 1870 & was under German rule 1871-1918; reverted to France after World War I. |
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| Metz (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Mediomatricum (C,V,Latin,U)
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| Mettis (C,V)
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| מץ (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Divodurum (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Divodurum Mediomatricum (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Mediomatrica (H,V)
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| Metis (H,V)
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Grand Est (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Metz (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since pre-Roman times |
| city (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Austrasia under Franks; of Lorraine in 843 at partition of Carolingian Empire |
| episcopal see (H) |
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during 4th cen. |
| regional capital (C) |
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