Lake tower and old canals

Verdun (UK: , US: , French: [vɛʁdœ̃]; official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a small city in the Meuse department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital of the department is Bar-le-Duc which is slightly smaller than Verdun.

The first Battle of Verdun was fought on 29 August 1792 between French Revolutionary forces and a Prussian army during the opening months of the War of the First Coalition. The Prussians were victorious, gaining a clear westward path to Paris.

Verdun Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Verdun) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Verdun, Lorraine, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishops of Verdun. It was declared a monument historique on 30 October 1906 and the cloister on 13 July 1907.

The arrondissement of Verdun is an arrondissement of France in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region. It has 254 communes.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun (Latin: Dioecesis Virodunensis; French: Diocèse de Verdun) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon, the diocese corresponds to the department of Meuse in the Region of Lorraine. The diocese is subdivided into 577 parishes.

The canton of Verdun-1 is an administrative division of the Meuse department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Verdun.It consists of the following communes:Sivry-la-PercheVerdun (partly)