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Valmy

The small village of Valmy is in the Sainte-Menehould arrondissement of the Marne département in France.

It provided the setting for the Battle of Valmy on September 20, 1792. The place stands on the west flank of the Argonne massif, mid-way between Verdun and Paris, near Vouziers.