Virton
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Virton (Template:IPA-fr) is a Walloon municipality (Template:Lang-fr) located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. It is also the administrative centre of the district (arrondissement) of the same name, as well as the principal town of the small region of Belgian Lorraine known as the Gaume, famous for its microclimate.
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Virton proper, Bleid, Ethe, Latour, Ruette, and Saint-Mard. Other population centers include: Chenois, Gomery, Grandcourt, and Saint-Remy.
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People born in Virton
- Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour (1737–1806), Austrian military
- Benoît Mariage, film director (born 1961)
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