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6 unusual facts about Neufchâteau


August Coenders

He designed the Röchling Shell that was tested in 1942 and 1943 against the Belgian Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau and the V-3 cannon.

Battle of the Ardennes

Crown Prince Wilhelm was positioned at Briey with Duke Albrecht en route to Neufchâteau.

Jean d'Aulon

He appears in the video game Jeanne D'Arc, where he is one of the two characters who joins at Neufchâteau, upon orders of the commander of Vaucouleurs.

Neufchâteau

Arrondissement of Neufchâteau, Vosges, an arrondissement in the Vosges department in France

Neufchâteau, Belgium

It includes the former municipalities of Grandvoir, Grapfontaine, Hamipré, Longlier, and Tournay as well as the localities of Cousteumont, Fineuse, Gérimont, Harfontaine, Hosseuse, Lahérie, LeSart, Malome, Marbay, Massul, Molinfaing, MonIdée, Montplainchamps, Morival, Namoussart, Nolinfaing, Offaing, Petitvoir, Respelt, Semel, Tronquoy, Verlaine, and Warmifontaine.

Nicolas Liez

Born in Neufchâteau in the French department Vosges on 14 October 1809, Liez was the son of Marie Weber, a Luxembourger, and Jean-Joseph Liez, a cobbler.



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