Vionville
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Vionville | |
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Part of Rezonville-Vionville | |
 The church in Vionville | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vionville | |
  Vionville  Vionville | |
| Coordinates: 49°05′34″N 5°56′55″E / 49.0928°N 5.9486°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Metz |
| Canton | Les Coteaux de Moselle |
| Commune | Rezonville-Vionville |
Area 1 | 9.65 km2 (3.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 195 |
| • Density | 20.2/km2 (52.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 57130 |
| Elevation | 240–307 m (787–1,007 ft) (avg. 291 m or 955 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vionville (French pronunciation: [vjɔ̃vil]) is a former commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rezonville-Vionville.[2]
The battle of Vionville (Rezonville or Mars-la-Tour) was fought here on 16 of August 1870 between the French and the Germans during the Franco-Prussian War.[3]
