Saint-Dizier
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haute-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Dizier | |
| Canton | Saint-Dizier-1 , Saint-Dizier-2 , Saint-Dizier-3 | |
| Community association | Saint-Dizier, Der et Blaise | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 38 ' N , 4 ° 57' E | |
| height | 123-205 m | |
| surface | 47.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 24,012 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 504 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 52100 | |
| INSEE code | 52448 | |
| Website | www.mairie-saintdizier.fr | |
Saint-Dizier is a city in France . Saint-Dizier is the capital of the Arrondissement Saint-Dizier in the west of the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region .
With 24,012 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017, 38,086 in the metropolitan area, which extends into the Meuse department ), Saint-Dizier is the largest city in the department.
geography
Saint-Dizier is located on the Marne River , which also feeds the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne ( German: Canal between Champagne and Burgundy ). This enables a navigable connection from the Paris area to the Mediterranean Sea using other rivers and canals .
About ten kilometers west of the city is the largest reservoir in France, the Lac du Der-Chantecoq .
history
In 1544, after the nearby town of Vitry-le-François had been destroyed by the armies of Charles V , Saint-Dizier withstood enemy attacks for six months. According to legend, King Francis I later described the inhabitants of Saint-Dizier as braves gars , brave guys . The name of the inhabitants, Bragards , is derived from this expression .
administration
Arrondissement
In 1926 the city came to the Arrondissement of Chaumont . In 1940 the arrondissement of Saint-Dizier was restored, with Saint-Dizier instead of Wassy as the main town .
The district and industrial site of Marnaval on the Channel Island on the eastern edge of the city has the postcode 55170 of the adjacent department of Meuse.
military
At Hallignicourt, west of Saint-Dizier, there is an important base for the French air force at Base aérienne 113 Saint-Dizier-Robinson .
Personalities
The following were born in Saint-Dizier:
- Clarisse Miroy (1820–1870), stage actress
- André Pirro (1869–1943), musicologist
- Jacques Gaillot (* 1935), former Catholic Bishop of Évreux
- André Isoir (1935–2016), organist
- Xavier Thévenot (1938–2004), Roman Catholic theologian
- Jean-Paul Penin (* 1949), conductor
- Nicolas Thevenin (* 1958), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
- Régis Laconi (* 1975), motorcycle racer
Connected to the city:
- Several Art Nouveau balconies have been preserved in the city by the architect Hector Guimard (1867–1942) .
