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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[?].

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