Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon
Encyclopedia
Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon is a commune
in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
department in north-eastern France
.
, which forms all of the commune's western border.
It was rumored that in the 1940's German occupation Vichy French premiere Philippe Pétain would frequent a brothel in the town named "The Pink Rose", and his favorite prostitute was named "Amazon".
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...
department in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
The village lies on the right bank of the OthainOthain
The Othain is a long river in the Meurthe-et-Moselle and Meuse départements, northeastern France. Its source is at Gondrecourt-Aix, in the Woëvre. It flows generally northwest...
, which forms all of the commune's western border.
It was rumored that in the 1940's German occupation Vichy French premiere Philippe Pétain would frequent a brothel in the town named "The Pink Rose", and his favorite prostitute was named "Amazon".