Saint-Vith (Belgium)
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Name (Hebrew)
סנט וית (בלגיה)
Name (Latin)
Saint-Vith (Belgium)
Other forms of name
St. Vith (Belgium)
nnaa Saint-Vith, Belgium
Sankt-Vith (Belgium)
Coordinates
6.127536111 6.127536111 50.27971389 50.27971389 (gooearth )
E0060800 E0060800 N0501700 N0501700 (geonames )
Associated country
Belgium
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 50°17ʹ00ʺN 006°08ʹ00ʺE)
- NUCMC data from The Citadel Archives & Museum for Hugh K. Boyd, Jr., memoirs, undated(In War's Journey: Memoirs of a World War II Prisoner of War in Germany, Boyd described his capture at St. Vith, Belgium (in the Battle of the Bulge) and his experience as a prisoner of war in Germany from Dec. 22, 1944 until his release in Feb. 1945)
- U.S. Armored School, Fort Knox, Ky. The defense of St. Vith, 1948.
- BGN 4/8/82(Saint-Vith, PPL, 50 17ʹN, 6 08ʹE; variant, Sankt-Vith)
Wikipedia description:
St. Vith (German: Sankt Vith [zaŋkt ˈfɪt]; French: Saint-Vith [sɛ̃ vit] ; Luxembourgish: Sankt Väit [ˌzɑŋkt ˈvæːɪ̯t]; Walloon: Sint-Vit) is a city and municipality of East Belgium located in the Walloon province of Liège. It was named after Saint Vitus. The majority language is German, as in the rest of the German-speaking Community of Belgium. On January 1, 2006, St. Vith had a total population of 9,169. The total area is 146.93 km2, giving a population density of 62 inhabitants per km2. The official language of the municipality is German. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Sankt Vith, Crombach, Lommersweiler, Recht, and Schönberg.
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