Vitry-le-François
Vitry-le-François
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| Vitry-le-François | ||
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| Subprefecture and commune | ||
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  Vitry-le-François Location within Grand Est region  Vitry-le-François | ||
| Coordinates: 48°43′32″N 4°35′07″E / 48.7256°N 4.5853°E / 48.7256; 4.5853Coordinates: 48°43′32″N 4°35′07″E / 48.7256°N 4.5853°E / 48.7256; 4.5853 | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Vitry-le-François | |
| Canton | Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der | |
| Intercommunality | Vitry-le-François | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2008–) | Jean-Pierre Bouquet | |
| Area1 | 6.45 km2 (2.49 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 15,641 | |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 51649 /51300 | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Vitry-le-François (French pronunciation: [vitʁi lə frɑ̃swa]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. It is located on the Marne River and is the western terminus of the Marne–Rhine Canal.
Contents
1 History
2 Demography
3 Features
4 Twin towns
5 Personalities
6 See also
7 References
History[edit]
In 1142, Louis VII invaded Champagne and seized Vitry-le-François. Over a thousand residents were killed when the town's church was set ablaze.
The present town is a relatively recent construction, having been built in 1545 at the behest of King Francis who wished to replace, on a new site, Vitry-en-Perthois, which in 1544 had been entirely destroyed as part of the backwash from the king's Italian War of 1542–46.[1] The new Vitry was to be a modern city, constructed according to a plan produced by Girolamo Marini. The king's role in its creation resulted in Vitry-le-François receiving the king's name as part of its own name.
Demography[edit]
Features[edit]
- Its church of Notre-Dame is a i7th-century building with fine 18th-century monuments.
- A convent of the Récollets was later converted to contain the town hall, the court-house, a library and a small museum.
- There is a bronze statue of Pierre Paul Royer-Collard (1763–1845), the politician and philosopher, a native of the district.[2]
Twin towns[edit]
Vitry-le-François is twinned with:
Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, since 1961
Personalities[edit]
René Herbin (1911–1953), classical pianist
See also[edit]
- Communes of the Marne department
- Champagne Riots
- French wine
- 1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing
References[edit]
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