Saint-Dizier

Coat of arms

Saint-Dizier

Location within Grand Est region

Saint-Dizier

Coordinates: 48°38′18″N 4°56′59″E / 48.6383°N 4.9497°ECoordinates: 48°38′18″N 4°56′59″E / 48.6383°N 4.9497°E

Country

Government

• Mayor (2001–2008)

François Cornut-Gentille

Area¹

47.69 km² (18.41 sq mi)

Population (1999)²

30,900

• Density

650/km² (1,700/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

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.

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.

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

It has a population of 26,300 (2014 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.

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.

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 centre. 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.

Saint-Dizier is the birthplace of

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