Donchery
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Donchery was the site of a historic meeting between Emperor Napoleon III and Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Prussia, on September 2, 1870, after the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War. The meeting took place in a railway carriage near Donchery Bridge, where Napoleon III agreed to surrender and end the war. The name Donchery comes from a Latin word meaning "fortified place".
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Donchery is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region. The municipality is part of the Sedan district. Donchery had a population of 2,018 on January 1, 2019.
Source: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncherytranslated by•September 27, 2022
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