Flavigny-sur-Moselle

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Flavigny-sur-Moselle (French pronunciation: [flaviɲi syʁ mɔzɛl]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. On the night of 10–11 September 1944, the bridge across the river Moselle and the adjacent canal near the commune were the site of a fierce battle between American soldiers of the 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, and German soldiers of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division.^[3]

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Flavigny-sur-Moselle
Commune
The canal aqueduct in Flavigny-sur-Moselle
Coat of arms
Location of Flavigny-sur-Moselle
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Coordinates: 48°34′11″N 6°11′19″E / 48.5697°N 6.1886°E / 48.5697; 6.1886
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Nancy
Canton	Neuves-Maisons
Intercommunality	Moselle et Madon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marcel Tedesco[1]
Area 1	17.3 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,664
• Density	96.2/km2 (249/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	54196 /54630
Elevation	222–359 m (728–1,178 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ Cole, Hugh (1997). United States Army in World War II, European Theater of Operations: The Lorraine Campaign. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History. pp. 70–71.

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