Commercy
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Commune of Commercy |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Commercy |
| Canton | Commercy (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Commercy |
| Mayor | François Dosé |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 227 m–280 m (avg. 232 m) |
| Land area¹ | 35.37 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
6,324 |
| - Density | 179/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 55122/ 55200 |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Commercy is a commune of the Meuse département in northeastern France. Its population in 1999 was 6,324. It is the home of the madeleines referred to by Marcel Proust in A La Recherche du Temps Perdu.[1]
In the 18th century, the Château de Commercy was a residence of Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński, who was given the Duchy of Lorraine and Bar after losing his crown in 1736.
Internationally, it is twinned with the German town of Hockenheim.
[edit] References
- ^ Proust, Marcel (1922). Du côté de chez Swann, À la recherche du temps perdu. Grasset and Gallimard.
[edit] External links
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