Saint-Privat

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Saint-Privat is a village in northeastern France best known as the site of heavy fighting during the Franco-Prussian War, particularly in the Battle of Gravelotte–Saint-Privat in 1870.

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Label Occurrences
Saint-Privat canonical 1
commune of Saint-Privat-la-Montagne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
associatedWithMilitaryHistory 19th-century European warfare ⓘ
attackedBy Prussian and Saxon forces ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Army
conflictOccurredHere Battle of Gravelotte–Saint-Privat ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfEvent 18 August 1870 ⓘ
defendedBy French Army of the Rhine ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Rhine
hasCemetery military cemeteries from the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
hasMemorial war memorials commemorating 1870 battle ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic battlefield area ⓘ
historicalRegion Lorraine ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Gravelotte–Saint-Privat ⓘ
heavy fighting in the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern France ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Grand Est ⓘ
Moselle department ⓘ
locatedNear Metz ⓘ
locatedOn plateau northwest of Metz ⓘ
nearbySettlement Amanvillers ⓘ
Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes ⓘ
partOf commune of Saint-Privat-la-Montagne ⓘ
linked to: Saint-Privat
partOfBattlefield Gravelotte–Saint-Privat battlefield ⓘ
linked to: Gravelotte
significantEvent Battle of Gravelotte–Saint-Privat ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
strategicImportance key defensive position for French forces in 1870 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint-Privat → partOf → commune of Saint-Privat-la-Montagne ⓘ
linked to: Saint-Privat