Colombey-les-deux-Églises
Colombey-les-deux-Églises (kôlôNbā´-lā-döz-āglēz´), town (1993 est. pop. 664), Haute-Marne dept., NE France. The home and grave site of Charles de Gaulle are there. His grave is marked by a 164 ft (50 m) high Croix de Lorraine.
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