Cession of Alsace-Lorraine
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According to the peace treaty signed in Frankfurt on 10 May 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the region of Alsace-Lorraine was ceded by France to Germany.
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- May 1871: Peace treaty signed in Frankfurt on 10 May 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. It established the frontier between the French Third Republic and the German Empire, which involved the ceding of 1,694 French villages and cities to Germany.