Vionville Explained

Vionville
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Vionville 57.svg
Arrondissement:Metz
Canton:Les Coteaux de Moselle
Insee:57722
Postal Code:57130
Commune:Rezonville-Vionville
Coordinates:49.0928°N 5.9486°W
Elevation M:291
Elevation Min M:240
Elevation Max M:307
Area Km2:9.65
Population:190
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Vionville (in French pronounced as /vjɔ̃vil/) is a former commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rezonville-Vionville.[2]

The battle of Vionville (Rezonville or Mars-la-Tour) was fought here on 16 of August 1870 between the French and the Germans during the Franco-Prussian War.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/11/30/TERB1833269A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
  3. Vionville. 28. 108.