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ID: 7013153 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013153			Record Type: administrative

Verdun-sur-Garonne (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 51 06 N degrees minutes			Lat: 43.8517 decimal degrees
Long: 001 14 03 E degrees minutes			Long: 1.2340 decimal degrees

Note: Prosperous center in Roman times; scene of Treaty of Verdun which partitioned the empire of Charlemagne in 843; seized from Holy Roman Empire by Henry II together with Metz and Toul 1552; fortified by Vauban in the 17th century; center of defense against Prussia in 1871.

Names:

Verdun-sur-Garonne (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Verdun-sur-Meuse (C,V)
Verdun (C,V)
Verodunum (H,V)	............	ancient

Hierarchical Position:

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Europe (continent) (P)

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France (nation) (P)

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Grand Est (region (administrative division)) (P)

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Verdun-sur-Garonne (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	settled since ancient Roman times
city (C)
commune (administrative) (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Verdun..........	[BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
.................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)

Verdun-sur-Garonne..........	[VP Preferred]
...................................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Verdun-sur-Meuse..........	[GRLPSC, VP]
.............................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 989
.............................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)

Verodunum..........	[GRLPSC, VP]
....................	GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12568
....................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1291

Subject: .....	[BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) 2:989; II, 989
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................	GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12568
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1475530
..................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 208
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1291


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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