Commercy
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Commercy | |
| Canton | Commercy (main town) | |
| Community association | Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ' N , 5 ° 36' E | |
| height | 225-382 m | |
| surface | 35.37 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,536 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 157 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55200 | |
| INSEE code | 55122 | |
| Website | www.commercy.org | |
 Commercy Castle |
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Commercy (German obsolete: Commarchen ) is a French town with 5536 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The place is the administrative seat of the Arrondissement Commercy and capital of the canton Commercy . The inhabitants of the place call themselves Commerciens .
geography
The city is located in the valley of the Meuse (French: Meuse ), about halfway between Bar-le-Duc in the west and Nancy in the east. It is also accessed by the Canal de la Meuse ( formerly: Canal de l'Est, branche Nord ), which is formed by the canalized Meuse.
history
The Commercy area has been populated since the Paleolithic . The first documentary mention comes from around 830 , when Ludwig the Pious was traveling through the town. Over time, the place has had different names, including Commarchia (which means “on the border”) and Commercium (in the Middle Ages ).
In 1274 the Lords of Commercy inherited the County of Saarbrücken by marriage and formed the line of the Counts of Saarbrücken-Commercy there.
In 1324 Commercy received city rights from Count Johann I von Saarbrücken-Commercy . The city's motto comes from the award certificate: Qui mesure, dure (“If you weigh up, you endure”).
On the occasion of an inheritance division in 1341, the Counts of Saarbrücken-Commercy only had half of the Commercy rule, the other half fell to the lords of Saarbrücken-Commercy, whose line existed until 1525.
In 1662 Cardinal de Retz got the feudal lordship over Commercy. He sold the sovereign rights in 1679 to the Princesse de Lillebonne , which in turn gave them in 1708 to her brother Charles Henri de Lorraine-Vaudémont . When he died in 1723, the rulership passed into the possession of Duke Leopold of Lorraine . In 1744 Commercy fell to France and became the residence of Stanislaus Leszczynski , who often stayed here and had the city magnificently expanded. During the Franco-Prussian War Commercy was occupied by the Germans on August 14, 1870 and was the headquarters of King Wilhelm on August 23, 1870 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
| Residents | 7043 | 7164 | 6989 | 6792 | 6404 | 6324 | 6498 | 5914 |
politics
Town twinning
A partnership with the German Hockenheim has existed since April 18, 1970 .
coat of arms
Blazon : "Under a blue shield head , sprinkled with silver, pointed apple crosses, three looking silver, assertive women in flowing robes with wide sleeves."
First general assembly of the yellow vests
Weekend 26./27. January 2019 the first meeting of the assemblies of the Gilets jaunes took place in Commercy .
Attractions
- Commercy Castle from the 18th century
- St-Pantaléon Church (16th century)
- Hôtel de Ville (town hall, baroque building)
Local products
The Madeleine de Commercy brand (shell-shaped biscuits) has been protected by law since 1977.
Personalities
- Henri Braconnot (1780–1855), chemist, botanist and pharmacist
- Benno Vigny (1889–1965), German-French writer and screenwriter
- Maurice Cloche (1907–1990), director, screenwriter and film producer
- Pierre-Antonio-Jean Bach (1932–2020), Roman Catholic clergyman and Vicar Apostolic
Others
Commercy hit international headlines in May 1908 when serial killer Jeanne Weber murdered the son of a local innkeeper and was subsequently arrested.
Commercy train station, located on the route from Paris to Pont-à-Mousson , became famous for the war film “ The Train ”. In it, the Resistance “masked” various train stations in order to fool the Germans into making a night trip to the German border. The Commercy station "mimicked" the border station Saint-Avold .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 274-288.
Web links
- Commercy website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ l'Humanité [1]
- ^ Guides Gallimard (ed.): Lorraine . Gallimard, Paris 2002, ISBN 978-2-7424-0908-2 , pp. 66 . (French)