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Bird's-eye view of Verdun in 1638 Map of the city and citadel of Verdun (c. 1770) Verdun (Verodunum, a latinisation of a place name meaning "strong fort" in Gaulish) was founded by the Gauls. [citation needed] It has been the seat of the bishop of Verdun since the 4th century, with interruptions. [6]
The arrondissement of Verdun is an arrondissement of France in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region. It has 254 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 82,317 (2021), and its area is 2,828.6 km 2 (1,092.1 sq mi). [ 3 ]
This has meant that the heads of wealthy regions such as Île-de-France or Rhône-Alpes can be high-profile positions. Proposals to give regions limited legislative autonomy have met with considerable resistance; others propose transferring certain powers from the departments to their respective regions, leaving the former with limited authority.
Somme (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest.
Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (French pronunciation: [vɛʁdœ̃ syʁ lə du], literally Verdun on the Doubs) is a former commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. [2] On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Verdun-Ciel. [3]
Map of the provinces of France in 1789. They were abolished the following year. Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts in late 1789.
The French Republic is divided into 18 regions: 12 in mainland France and 6 elsewhere (1 in Europe: Corsica; 2 in the Caribbean (the Lesser Antilles): Guadeloupe and Martinique; 1 in South America: French Guiana; and 2 in the Indian Ocean near East Africa: Mayotte and Réunion). They are traditionally divided between the metropolitan regions ...
Villeneuve-Loubet was also, from 1920 onwards, the home of Maréchal Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), the "Hero of Verdun" in World War I and chief of state of the Nazi-collaborationist État Français, commonly known as Vichy France, in World War II. The writer and historian Jules Bertaut (1877–1959) died in Villeneuve-Loubet.