Verdun (medieval German: Wirten, official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région, northeast France, in the Meuse département, of which it's a sous-préfecture. Population 25,000. Verdun is the most populous commune in Meuse, although it isn't the préfecture (capital), which resides in the slightly smaller Bar-le-Duc. History Verdun was founded by the Gauls (as its Celtic name shows; "Dunum" is the Latinized version of a Celtic… (More on Verdun)