Commercy

Commercy
Commercy
	Subprefecture and commune
	The castle
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Commercy Location within Grand Est region Commercy
	Coordinates: 48°45′43″N 5°35′33″E / 48.7619°N 5.5926°ECoordinates: 48°45′43″N 5°35′33″E / 48.7619°N 5.5926°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Commercy
Intercommunality	Pays de Commercy
Government
• Mayor	François Dosé
Area1	35.37 km2 (13.66 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	6,324
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55122 /55200
Elevation	227–280 m (745–919 ft) ; (avg. 232 m or 761 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.

Commercy (French pronunciation: [kɔ.mɛʁ.si]) is a commune in the Meuse department^[1] in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The 18th-century Lorraine historian Nicolas Luton Durival (1713–1795) was born in Commercy.

History

Commercy dates back to the 9th century, and at that time its lords were dependent on the bishop of Metz.^[1] In 1544 it was besieged by Charles V in person. For some time the lordship was in the hands of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, who lived in the town for a number of years, and there composed his memoirs.^[1] From him it was purchased by Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine.^[1] In 1744 it became the residence of Stanisław Leszczyński, king of Poland, who spent a great deal of care on the embellishment of the town, castle and neighbourhood.^[1]

Commercy is the home of the Madeleines referred to by Marcel Proust in A la Recherche du Temps Perdu.^[2]

People from Commercy

Nicolas Durival (1723–1795), historian
Nicolas Alaidon (1738–1827), curé de Toul, emigrated during the French Revolution, author of the Journal d'un prêtre pendant la Révolution^[3] (24 October 1738 – 1827).
Henri Braconnot (1780–1855), chemist
Henri Brocard (1845–1922), mathematician
Georges Mangin (1873–1908), officer and explorer
Benno Vigny (1889-1965), German-French scriptwriter and director
Maurice Cloche (1907-1990), movie director
Roger Lévy (1914-2006), Compagnon de la Libération
Élisabeth de Miribel (1915-2005), Française libre
Dominique Desseigne (1944), entrepreneur
Pascal Vigneron (born 23 June 1963), organist, trumpeter, conductor, director of the Toul Bach Festival.

In Fiction

Commercy is the key location for action in the 1964 film The Train although this did not use the town for filming purposes.

Twin towns

It is twinned with the German town of Hockenheim.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Commercy". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 773–774.
↑ Proust, Marcel (1922). Du côté de chez Swann. À la recherche du temps perdu. Grasset and Gallimard.
↑ Journal d'un prêtre lorrain pendant la Révolution (1791-1799). Hachette. 1912. .

External links

Office de Tourisme du Pays de Commercy (France)
Office de Tourisme du Pays de Commercy (European Union)

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[EB1911-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Commercy". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 773–774.

[2] Proust, Marcel (1922). Du côté de chez Swann. À la recherche du temps perdu. Grasset and Gallimard.

[3] Journal d'un prêtre lorrain pendant la Révolution (1791-1799). Hachette. 1912. .