Saarlonis, a fortified town of Rhenish Prussia, 31 miles S. of Treves, on the left bank of the Saar. Fortified (1681-85) by Vanban, it was in the possession of France until 1815, when the Congress of Vienna gave it to Prussia. Here Marshal Ney was born. Pop. 6788.
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