Commercy
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Commercy (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[2]
History
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.[3]
Commercy is the home of the Madeleines referred to by Marcel Proust in À la recherche du temps perdu.[4]
Population
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People from Commercy
- Nicolas Durival (1723–1795), 18th-century Lorrain historian
- Nicolas Alaidon (1738–1827), curé de Toul, emigrated during the French Revolution, author of the Journal d'un prêtre pendant la Révolution[5] (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.
- Olivier Bluche (born 6 September 1958), French industrialist, philanthropist, landowner
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.
See also
References
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External links
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- Office de Tourisme du Pays de Commercy (France)
- Office de Tourisme du Pays de Commercy (European Union)
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