Verdun, sometimes also called Verdun-sur-Meuse, is a city in northeast France, in the département of Meuse, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Population 25,000.
In the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided into three parts.
Verdun was the site of the Battle of Verdun in 1916 during World War I.
