The battle for Verdun was one of the bloodiest of World War I. Nancy (1990 pop., 102,410), the traditional capital and university center of Lorraine, is located on the Rhine-Marne canal, which follows the routeway from Paris to Strasbourg.
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Lorraine's historic capital, Nancy, is built between the Marne and Meuse rivers. In the 18th century Stanislas Lecszinsky, then duke of Lorraine, transformed the city and made it a model of 18th century planning. ... Metz, to the north, is a Gallo-Roman city, now the capital of Lorraine.
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Lorraine (German: ) is one of the 26 régions of France. It is the only administrative region with two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since...
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The municipality of lletz, capital of Lorraine, has cabled congratulations to Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty of the Knights of Columbus, ...
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Strasbourg, the capital, is a cosmopolitan city with a 16th-century centre, while Nancy, Lorraine's historical capital, represents elegant 18th-century architecture and town planning. Much of the attraction of this region lies in its cuisine.
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PARIS, September 21, 2009 – Hogan & Hartson LLP has acted as deal counsel in the share capital increase for Carbone Lorraine, a Euronext-listed company. This €63.4 million share capital increase will be realized on the basis of four new shares for 17 existing shares.
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33D: Triple-header (razor) was mystifying me for a very long time (I love the answer, by the way), and that "Z" was the final letter in METZ (43A: Capital of Lorraine) - which I had to run through the entire alphabet to get (a long way from A . . .). Further, the last "R" in RAZOR was the first letter in RAGAS...
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The capital of Lorraine had a very uneasy fate over the centuries: its inhabitants (as those of Lorraine in general) could never know whom they belonged to: France or Germany. ... In 843, at the partition of the Carolingian Empire, Metz became the capital of Lorraine. During the Middle Ages, the city was a free town within...
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