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Vandières, Marne

commune in Marne, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ599400 ↗
Source-derived summary

Vandières (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃djɛʁ]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Vandières, Marne” as commune in Marne, France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Vandières, Marne and commune.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 14-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Vandières, Marne and commune providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Vandières, Marne”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Marne, France” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q599400. VIAF identifies the subject as 233158601. The Library of Congress control number is no2012040172. Authority coordinates are 49.108, 3.737. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Vandières, Marne” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.