Saint-Dizier
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Commune of Saint-Dizier | |
Location | |
Longitude | 04° 56' 59" E |
Latitude | 48° 38' 18" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Région | Champagne-Ardenne |
Département | Haute-Marne (sous-préfecture) |
Arrondissement | Saint-Dizier |
Canton | Chief town of 4 cantons |
Mayor | François Cornut-Gentille (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Land area¹ | 47.69 km² |
Population² (1999) |
30,900 |
- Density (1999) | 647/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 52448/ 52100 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Saint-Dizier is a town and commune in the Haute-Marne département in the Champagne-Ardenne région of France. It has a population of 31,000 (2003 figure) and is a subprefecture of the département.
Located approximately 120 miles east of Paris, halfway to Strasbourg, it is five miles from Western Europe's largest man-made lake, Lac du Der-Chantecoq.
Saint-Dizier is the birthplace of former world middleweight boxing champion Marcel Thil. A street there has been named in his honor.