Commercy

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Commercy
Subprefecture and commune
The castle
The castle
Coat of arms of Commercy
Coat of arms
Location of Commercy
Commercy is located in France
Commercy
Commercy
Coordinates: 48°45′43″N 5°35′33″E / 48.7619°N 5.5926°E / 48.7619; 5.5926Coordinates: 48°45′43″N 5°35′33″E / 48.7619°N 5.5926°E / 48.7619; 5.5926
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementCommercy
CantonCommercy
IntercommunalityCommercy - Void - Vaucouleurs
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jérôme Lefèvre
Area
1
35.37 km2 (13.66 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
5,399
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55122 /55200
Elevation227–280 m (745–919 ft)
(avg. 232 m or 761 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Commercy (French pronunciation: [kɔmɛʁsi] (About this soundlisten)) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[2] The 18th-century Lorraine historian Nicolas Luton Durival (1713–1795) was born in Commercy.

History[]

Commercy dates back to the 9th century, and at that time its lords were dependent on the bishop of Metz.[3] In 1544 it was besieged by Charles V in person. For some time the lordship was in the hands of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, who lived in the town for a number of years, and there composed his memoirs.[3] From him it was purchased by Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine.[3] In 1744 it became the residence of Stanisław Leszczyński, king of Poland, who spent a great deal of care on the embellishment of the town, castle and neighbourhood.[3]

Commercy is the home of the Madeleines referred to by Marcel Proust in À la recherche du temps perdu.[4]

People from Commercy[]

  • Nicolas Durival (1723–1795), historian
  • Nicolas Alaidon (1738–1827), curé de Toul, emigrated during the French Revolution, author of the Journal d'un prêtre pendant la Révolution[5] (24 October 1738 – 1827).
  • Henri Braconnot (1780–1855), chemist
  • Henri Brocard (1845–1922), mathematician
  • (1873–1908), officer and explorer
  • Benno Vigny (1889-1965), German-French scriptwriter and director
  • Maurice Cloche (1907-1990), movie director
  • (1914-2006), Compagnon de la Libération
  • (1915-2005), Française libre
  • Dominique Desseigne (1944), entrepreneur
  • Pascal Vigneron (born 23 June 1963), organist, trumpeter, conductor, director of the Toul Bach Festival.

In fiction[]

Commercy is the key location for action in the 1964 film The Train although this did not use the town for filming purposes.

Twin towns[]

It is twinned with the German town of Hockenheim.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Commune de Commercy (55122), INSEE
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Commercy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 773–774.
  4. ^ Proust, Marcel (1922). Du côté de chez Swann. À la recherche du temps perdu. Grasset and Gallimard.
  5. ^ Journal d'un prêtre lorrain pendant la Révolution (1791-1799). Hachette. 1912..

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