Wassy

Not to be confused with Wasse or Wassey.

Wassy
Coat of arms
Wassy
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Wassy
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Haute-Marne
Arrondissement	Saint-Dizier
Canton	Wassy (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Val de Blaise
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain GAVIER
Area1	33.82 km2 (13.06 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	3,294
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	52550 / 52130
Elevation	154–224 m (505–735 ft) (avg. 172 m or 564 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.

Wassy (French pronunciation: ​[vasi]), formerly known as Wassy-sur-Blaise, is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

Population (1999): 3,294.

History

On 1 March 1562, a faction of armed soldiers under Francis, Duke of Guise attacked and killed worshippers at a Huguenot service, called the Massacre of Wassy, which marked the start of the First War of Religion in France.

Geography

The river Blaise flows through the commune.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Marne department

External links

• Personal website about Wassy (in French)
• Protestant Museum of the Barn of Wassy (in French)