| 词条 | Varennes-en-Argonne | ||
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|name = Varennes-en-Argonne |commune status = Commune |image = Varennes-en-Argonne, tour Louis XVI et rivière.jpg |caption = Tower Louis XVI and the river Aire |arrondissement = Verdun |canton = Clermont-en-Argonne |INSEE = 55527 |postal code = 55270 |mayor = Jean-Marie Lambert |term = 2008–2014 |intercommunality = Montfaucon - Varennes en Argonne |coordinates = {{coord|49.2269|5.035|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 195 |elevation min m = 144 |elevation max m = 264 |area km2 = 11.81 |population = 656 |population date = 2012 }} Varennes-en-Argonne or simply Varennes is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. GeographyVarennes-en-Argonne lies on the river Aire to the northeast of Sainte-Menehould, near Verdun. HistoryIt was the scene of the Flight to Varennes. In June 1791 Louis XVI, with his immediate family, made a dash for the nearest friendly border, that of the Austrian Netherlands in modern Belgium (Queen Marie-Antoinette being a sister to the Austrian emperor, Leopold II). But in Varennes Louis and his family were arrested, by Citizen Drouet, the local postmaster, who had been alerted by a message received from nearby Sainte-Menehould. It is said that at Sainte-Menehould, where the escaping party had spent the previous night, a merchant alerted the town authorities of their presence after recognizing the King's face on an Assignat, as Louis tried to buy something from a shop. Once more the royal family returned to the Tuileries in humiliating captivity, and Louis and Marie-Antoinette were subsequently guillotined in 1793. Located in the Zone rouge, Varennes was completely destroyed during the First World War but was reconstructed afterwards. The Pennsylvania Memorial, a monument for volunteers from 28th Division Pennsylvania in the First World War, was erected in Varennes during the Interwar period. Points of interest
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1 : Communes of Meuse (department) |
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