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Sedan, France

Sedan is the name of a city in France, a sous-préfecture of the Ardennes département.

During the Franco-Prussian War, on September 2, 1870 the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with 100,000 of his soldiers at Sedan.

See also: Sedan (disambiguation)



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