Euilly-et-Lombut
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Euilly-et-Lombut is a commune
in the Ardennes
department
in the Champagne-Ardenne
region
in northern France
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The fortress of Euilly-et-Lombut is nicknamed one of the "Quatre Filles d'Yvois" (four daughters of Yvois), which was mostly destroyed in the 18th century. Nowadays, there are only two towers remaining.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Ardennes
Ardennes (département)
Ardennes is a department in the northeast part of France named after the Ardennes area.- History :The department is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was named after the Ardennes hills, which are located in northeast France, southern...
department
Départements of France
The departments of France are French administrative divisions. The 101 departments form one of the three levels of local government, together with the 22 metropolitan and 5 overseas regions above them and more than 36 000 communes beneath them...
in the Champagne-Ardenne
Champagne-Ardenne
Champagne-Ardenne is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northeast of the country, bordering Belgium, and consists of four departments: Aube, Ardennes, Haute-Marne, and Marne. The region is famous for its sparkling white wine . Its rivers, most of which flow west, include the...
region
Régions of France
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in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The fortress of Euilly-et-Lombut is nicknamed one of the "Quatre Filles d'Yvois" (four daughters of Yvois), which was mostly destroyed in the 18th century. Nowadays, there are only two towers remaining.