Country France Department Meuse Intercommunality Pays d'Étain Area 20 km² Arrondissement Verdun | Region Grand Est Canton Étain Population (2012) 3,768 Local time Saturday 10:31 PM | |
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Étain is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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Map of 55400 %C3%89tain, France
It is situated on the Orne River.
Geography
It is located approximately 15 miles to the east north east of Verdun.
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.
References
Étain, France Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA