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Montmédy
Montmédy is a small town in the Meuse department of north-eastern France, near the Belgian border, dominated by a fortified citadel on a hill. Founded by the counts of Chiny in the 13th century, it later belonged to Luxembourg and the Spanish Netherlands until France took it in 1657, after which Vauban strengthened its defences. Louis XVI was trying to reach it when he was stopped at Varennes in 1791.
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