Mars-la-Tour

Commune in Grand Est, France
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(2020–2026) Roger dalla Costa[1]Area
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12.64 km2 (4.88 sq mi)Population
 (2021)[2]
895 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code
54353 /54800
Elevation197–263 m (646–863 ft)
(avg. 239 m or 784 ft)1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mars-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [maʁs la tuʁ]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

History

The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-la-Tour.

Former train station of Mars-la-Tour, ca. 1900.

The railway line between Longuyon and Pogny reached Mars-la-Tour in 1876, at which time a small train station was built.[3] On August 30, 1919, the station witnessed a small accident when a freight train collided with a train full of coal, killing one train's conductor.[4] The station no longer exists, however.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Jacquin, Mars-la-Tour (série: Monographies communales de Meurthe-et-Moselle, no. 349), 1888, collection Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy, pp. 230, 232. [1]
  4. ^ Le Figaro du 31 août 1919, p. 2.
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