Vionville

Part of Rezonville-Vionville in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Vionville

49°05′34″N 5°56′55″E / 49.0928°N 5.9486°E / 49.0928; 5.9486CountryFranceRegionGrand EstDepartmentMoselleArrondissementMetzCantonLes Coteaux de MoselleCommuneRezonville-Vionville Area

9.65 km² (3.73 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

190 • Density20/km² (51/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

57130

Elevation240–307 m (787–1,007 ft)
(avg. 291 m or 955 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vionville (French pronunciation: [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]

References

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^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2018 (in French)
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vionville" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 108.