Cirey-sur-Vezouze

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Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Commune
The Pavillon Emile Bauquel in Cirey-sur-Vezouze
The Pavillon Emile Bauquel in Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Coat of arms of Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Coat of arms
Location of Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Cirey-sur-Vezouze is located in France
Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Coordinates: 48°35′N 6°57′E / 48.58°N 6.95°E / 48.58; 6.95Coordinates: 48°35′N 6°57′E / 48.58°N 6.95°E / 48.58; 6.95
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementLunéville
CantonBaccarat
IntercommunalityCC de Vezouze en Piémont
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Plumet
Area
1
16.39 km2 (6.33 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
1,627
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54129 /54480
Elevation273–393 m (896–1,289 ft)
(avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cirey-sur-Vezouze (French pronunciation: ​[siʁɛ syʁ vəzuz], literally Cirey on Vezouze) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

History[]

During the Second World War, a Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster Bomber was forced to crash land near Cirey-sur-Vezouze after a bombing raid on Stuttgart. Three of the crew were killed in the crash landing with a further two airmen (including Flight Sergeant Fordham) being apprehended, taken into the nearby forest and summarily executed by German forces. Three war graves lay in Cirey-sur-Vezouze's graveyard[citation needed], with the shallow graves in the forest being discovered and exhumed by a team led by Major Eric Barksworth.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Lewis. SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra-Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals (Quercus, London (2015)).


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