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| Coordinates:49°06′38″N6°01′50″E / 49.1106°N 6.0306°E /49.1106; 6.0306 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Metz |
| Canton | Les Coteaux de Moselle |
| Intercommunality | Metz Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Michel Torloting[1] |
Area 1 | 5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 813 |
| • Density | 144/km2 (372/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Gravelottin, Gravelottine |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57256 /57130 |
| Elevation | 221–325 m (725–1,066 ft) |
| Website | www.gravelotte.org |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Gravelotte (French pronunciation:[ɡʁavlɔt];German:Gravelotte) is acommune in theMoselledepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance, 11 km west ofMetz. It is part of thefunctional area (aire d'attraction) of Metz.[3] Its population is 827 (2019).[4]
From 1871 until the end ofWorld War I in 1918, it was the westernmost city ofGermany.
Gravelotte is located betweenMetz and the former French-German frontier, as it was between 1870 and 1918. It was famous as the scene of thebattle of 18 August 1870 between the Germans underKing William of Prussia and the French underMarshal Bazaine. The battlefield extends from the woods which border theMoselle above Metz toRoncourt, near the riverOrne. Other villages which played an important part in the battle of Gravelotte wereSaint-Privat,Amanvillers andSainte-Marie-aux-Chênes, all lying to the north of Gravelotte.[5]
During WW1, the village was spared from the fighting. After theArmistice of 1918 and the signing of theTreaty of Versailles in June 1919, the village of Gravelotte became French again.
Between 1940 and 1944, as in the rest of the annexed Moselle, many young people, who were forcibly enlisted into the German army, were sent to the Eastern Front, some of them never returned. The commune was liberated byGeneral Patton's troops in 1944, during thebattle of Metz.[6]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gravelotte".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 383.
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