Thionville

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Thionville is a town in northeastern France near the Luxembourg border, known historically as a strategic industrial and military center in the Moselle region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
town
alternativeName Diddenuewen
alternativeNameLanguage lb
areaSquareKilometers 49.86
borderProximity near Germany
near Luxembourg
country France
departmentCode 57
distanceToLuxembourgCityKilometers about 30
distanceToMetzKilometers about 30
elevationMaxMeters 423
elevationMinMeters 147
formerName Diedenhofen
governmentType commune council
hasFortification Maginot Line ouvrages nearby
hasIndustry logistics
metallurgy
steel industry
hasLandmark Pont des Alliés
Saint-Maximin church
Tour aux Puces museum
hasRailConnectionTo Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg City

Metz
Paris
historicalEvent annexed by German Empire after Franco-Prussian War
returned to France after World War I
historicalRole strategic industrial center
strategic military center
INSEECode 57672
isMemberOf Eurodistrict SaarMoselle
isSubprefectureOf Moselle department
language French
locatedIn Grand Est region NERFINISHED
Moselle River
surface form: Moselle Valley

Moselle department
arrondissement of Thionville
historical region of Lorraine
northeastern France
locatedNear Luxembourg border
locatedOn Moselle River
nativeNameLanguage fr
partOf cross-border Moselle industrial basin
intercommunality CA Portes de France–Thionville
postalCode 57100
region Lorraine
surface form: Lorraine (historical)
regionalLanguage Rhenish Franconian
surface form: Lorraine Franconian

Luxembourgish
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST

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