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Mercy b. Metz

Mercy b. Metz is a place, that before the Versailles Treaty belonged to German Empire and was situated in the administrative region Metz.
Mercy b. Metz was formerly part of the German Empire. In the German Empire, the place was called NN. The place is now called Mercy-lès-Metz and belongs to France.