Étain, Meuse
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Lorraine |
Department | Meuse |
Arrondissement | Verdun |
Canton | Étain |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du pays d'Étain |
Mayor | Jean Picart (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 210 m (avg.) |
Land area¹ | 20 km² |
Population² (2004) |
3,706 |
- Density | 189/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 550181/ 55400 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Étain is a town and commune the in Meuse département of the Lorraine région in northeastern France situated on the Orne River.
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[edit] Geaography
It is located approximately 15 miles to the east north east of Verdun.
[edit] History
The town, which dates from the late 7th/early 8th century, does not have any natural defense features so has fallen to the Prussians and Russians in 1815 right after the Battle of Waterloo, and to the Germans in 1870, 1914 and again in 1940.
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