Commercy

The castle

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

Commercy

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

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

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.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Commercy dates back to the 9th century, and at that time its lords were dependent on the bishop of Metz. 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. From him it was purchased by Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. 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.

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

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

It is twinned with the German town of Hockenheim.

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