Étain is a commune

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 Meuse

Meuse

Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse.-History:Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 department in Lorraine

Lorraine (région)

Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...

 in north-eastern France

France

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It is situated on the Orne River

Orne River

The Orne is a river in Normandy, within northwestern France. It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham. Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne, east of Sées...

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History

The town, which dates from the late 7th/early 8th century, does not have any natural defense features so has fallen to the Prussians and Russians in 1815 right after the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...

, and to the Germans in 1870, 1914 and again in 1940.

See also

• Sidi Brahim Barracks
• Etain-Rouvres Air Base
  Etain-Rouvres Air Base
  Étain - Rouvres Air Base is a former USAF base in France. It is located on the Lorraine Plateau in northeastern France, 1 mile to the west of Étain; on the west side of the Départemental 906 road, adjacent to the village of Rouvres-en-Woevre in the Meuse département about 12 miles east of...
  
  
• Route nationale 18
  Route nationale 18
  The Route nationale 18 is a trunk road in north east France.-Étain to Longwy :The road starts at Étain and a junction with the N3 heading north to Longuyon before turning north east to Longwy where the road meets the N52. The road then forks as the D918 with the north fork crossing the frontier...
  
  
• Communes of the Meuse department

External links

• The town of Etain