Fort d’Illange
The Fort d'Illange is a fortification located to the south of Thionville in the Moselle department of France. It was built by Germany next to the town of Illange in the early 20th century after the annexation of the Moselle following the Franco-Prussian War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Hubert d’Illange and Chapelle Saint-Roch d’Illange.
Église Saint-Hubert d’Illange
Church
Photo: Aimelaime, Public domain.
Église Saint-Hubert d’Illange is a church, which is situated 730 metres south of Fort d’Illange.
Chapelle Saint-Roch d’Illange
Art gallery
Photo: Aimelaime, Public domain.
Chapelle Saint-Roch d’Illange is an art gallery, which is situated 1 km south of Fort d’Illange.
Église Saint-Joseph de Yutz
Church
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Joseph de Yutz is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Fort d’Illange.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bertrange and Thionville.
Bertrange
Village
Photo: Aimelaime, Public domain.
Bertrange is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Bertrange is situated 2½ km southeast of Fort d’Illange.
Thionville
Town
Photo: Bubudu57, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thionville is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz. Thionville is situated 3 km north of Fort d’Illange.
Saint-François
Neighborhood
Saint-François is a district of the French commune of Thionville in the Moselle department and the Grand Est region. It had a population of just over 5,000 in the 2010s. Saint-François is situated 4 km north of Fort d’Illange.
Fort d’Illange
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: museum in France
- Categories: architectural structure, military museum, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Illange, Arrondissement de Thionville, Moselle, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.33388° or 49° 20′ 2″ northLongitude
6.17676° or 6° 10′ 36″ eastOpen location code
8FX885MG+HPOpenStreetMap ID
way 178691010OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q446575
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Luxembourgish—“Fort d’Illange” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort d’Illange”
- French: “fort d’Illange”
- French: “Fort d’Illange”
- German: “Feste Illingen”
- Luxembourgish: “Fort d’Illange”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort d’Illange”. Photo: Klemens, CC BY 2.5.