Wassy

Wassy
Wassy
Commune
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	Coordinates: 48°29′59″N 4°56′54″E / 48.4997°N 4.9483°ECoordinates: 48°29′59″N 4°56′54″E / 48.4997°N 4.9483°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haute-Marne
Arrondissement	Saint-Dizier
Canton	Wassy
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Alain Charpentier
Area 1	33.82 km2 (13.06 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,858
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	52550 /52130
Elevation	154–224 m (505–735 ft) ; (avg. 172 m or 564 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wassy (French pronunciation: [vasi]), formerly known as Wassy-sur-Blaise, is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. Its population, as of 1999, is 3,294. Wassy has been twinned with the German town of Eppingen in north-west Baden-Württemberg since 1981.^[2]

History[]

On 1 March 1562, a faction of armed soldiers under Francis, Duke of Guise attacked and killed worshippers at a Huguenot service, called the Massacre of Wassy, which marked the start of the First War of Religion in France.^{[citation needed]}

Geography[]

The river Blaise flows through the commune.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	3,097	—
2007	3,074	−0.7%
2008	3,046	−0.9%
2009	3,013	−1.1%
2010	2,980	−1.1%
2011	2,952	−0.9%
2012	2,909	−1.5%
2013	2,891	−0.6%
2014	2,893	+0.1%
2015	2,894	+0.0%
2016	2,891	−0.1%