Charleville-Mézières

British

/ ʃarləvilmezjɛr /

noun

twin towns on opposite sides of the River Meuse in NE France. Pop: 55 490 (1999) See Mézières

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The petition to move Rimbaud’s and Verlaine’s remains began after Mr. Martel and five friends made a pilgrimage to Rimbaud’s grave in Charleville-Mézières, the small city near the Belgian border where he grew up.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2020

GMT11:50 A raid by French police is reportedly underway in Charleville-Mézières, a town in France on the border with Belgium.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2015

More on Abdelhamid Abaaoud here: Related: Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suspected Paris attacks ringleader, was killed in raid A raid by French police is reportedly underway in Charleville-Mézières, a town in France on the border with Belgium.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2015

The Great General Headquarters at Charleville-Mézières where I had visited Emperor William at the end of April, 1916, was only about seventy kilometres from the battle front near Rheims.

From Face to Face with Kaiserism by Gerard, James W. (James Watson)

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