Commercy

Commercy

The castle

Coat of arms
Commercy

Coordinates: 48°45′43″N 5°35′33″E / 48.7619°N 5.5926°E / 48.7619; 5.5926Coordinates: 48°45′43″N 5°35′33″E / 48.7619°N 5.5926°E / 48.7619; 5.5926
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Commercy
Canton Commercy
Intercommunality Pays de Commercy
Government
  Mayor François Dosé
Area1 35.37 km2 (13.66 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 6,324
  Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 55122 / 55200
Elevation 227–280 m (745–919 ft)
(avg. 232 m or 761 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Commercy (French pronunciation: [kɔ.mɛʁ.si]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The 18th-century Lorraine historian Nicolas Luton Durival (1713–1795) was born in Commercy.

Commercy is the home of the Madeleines referred to by Marcel Proust in A la Recherche du Temps Perdu.[1]

In Fiction

Commercy is the key location for action in the 1964 Film 'The Train' although this did not use the town for filming purposes.

Twin towns

It is twinned with the German town of Hockenheim.

See also

References

  1. Proust, Marcel (1922). Du côté de chez Swann. À la recherche du temps perdu. Grasset and Gallimard.
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