Saint-Dizier
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| Commune of Saint-Dizier | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | 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 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Saint-Dizier is a town and commune in the Haute-Marne department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. It has a population of 31,000 (2003 figure) and is a subprefecture of the department.
Located approximately 120 miles east of Paris, halfway to Strasbourg, it is five miles from Western Europe's largest man-made lake, Lake Der-Chantecoq.
Saint-Dizier is the birthplace of Organist André Isoir, of Conductor Jean-Paul Penin and of former world middleweight boxing champion Marcel Thil. A street there has been named in his honor.
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