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Machern b. Metz

Machern b. Metz is a place, that 1940 belonged to German Empire and was situated in the administrative region Metz.
Machern b. Metz was formerly part of the German Empire. In the German Empire, the place was called Machern (b. Metz). The place is now called Maizières-lès-Metz and belongs to France.