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Thionville

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Thionville

 

a city in northern France, in the department of Moselle. Population, 37,000 (1968). A landing on the Moselle River and a railroad junction, Thionville is the center of one of the main ironore and metallurgical regions (Metz-Thionville) of Lorraine. Industries include metallurgy, machine building, metalworking, and the production of chemicals.

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