Saint-Dizier

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Saint-Dizier
Subprefecture and commune
The Notre-Dame church in Saint-Dizier
The Notre-Dame church in Saint-Dizier
Coat of arms of Saint-Dizier
Coat of arms
Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Saint-Dizier
Canton Saint-Dizier-1, 2 and 3
Intercommunality CA Saint-Dizier Der et Blaise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Quentin Briere[1]
Area1 47.69 km2 (18.41 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2 Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Dizier (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃.di.zje]) is a subprefecture of the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.[2]

It has a population of 23,382 (2018 figure) and is a subprefecture of the department. Although Saint-Dizier is marginally the most populous commune in Haute-Marne, the préfecture (capital) resides in the somewhat smaller commune of Chaumont.

Geography

Aerial view

Located approximately 120 miles (193 km) east of Paris, halfway to Strasbourg, it is five miles from Western Europe's largest man-made lake, Lake Der-Chantecoq.

Climate

History

Named after an unknown saint (possibly Desiderius of Fontenelle), the town originated as a fortified settlement around a thirteenth-century château, eventually becoming a royal fortress to guard the French kingdom's eastern approaches. The town was besieged and captured by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in the summer of 1544. A fire in 1775 destroyed two-thirds of the town center. The château was owned by the Orléans family until the French Revolution, was a base for German troops during World War II, and currently houses the Municipal Museum.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1793 5,500 —    
1800 5,824 +0.82%
1806 5,614 −0.61%
1821 5,817 +0.24%
1831 6,163 +0.58%
1836 6,366 +0.65%
1841 5,705 −2.17%
1846 7,136 +4.58%
1851 7,429 +0.81%
1856 7,642 +0.57%
1861 8,077 +1.11%
1866 10,170 +4.72%
1872 11,229 +1.66%
1876 12,754 +3.23%
1881 12,773 +0.03%
1886 13,458 +1.05%
1891 13,372 −0.13%
1896 13,947 +0.85%
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1901 14,601 +0.92%
1906 14,661 +0.08%
1911 16,019 +1.79%
1921 17,576 +0.93%
1926 19,019 +1.59%
1931 18,292 −0.78%
1936 19,149 +0.92%
1946 19,532 +0.20%
1954 25,515 +3.40%
1962 34,407 +3.81%
1968 36,616 +1.04%
1975 37,266 +0.25%
1982 35,189 −0.82%
1990 33,552 −0.59%
1999 30,900 −0.91%
2007 26,962 −1.69%
2012 25,280 −1.28%
2017 24,012 −1.02%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Notable people

Saint-Dizier is the birthplace of

See also

References

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  2. INSEE commune file
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  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Dizier, EHESS. Script error: No such module "In lang".
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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