Vitry-le-François, a town of France, and fortress of the fourth class, in the dept. of Marne, on the river Marne, 127 miles E. by S. of Paris by rail. The first site was at Vitry-en-Perthois; but it was burned by Charles V. in 1544, and François I. rebuilt the town on its present site. Pop. 7984.
Vitry-le-François
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