Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Appearance
Cirey-sur-Vezouze | |
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![]() The Pavillon Emile Bauquel in Cirey-sur-Vezouze | |
Coordinates: 48°35′N 6°57′E / 48.58°N 6.95°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
Arrondissement | Lunéville |
Canton | Baccarat |
Intercommunality | CC de Vezouze en Piémont |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Jean-Claude Bazin[1] |
Area 1 | 16.39 km2 (6.33 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,587 |
• Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 54129 /54480 |
Elevation | 273–393 m (896–1,289 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Cirey-sur-Vezouze (French pronunciation: [siʁɛ syʁ vəzuz], literally Cirey on Vezouze) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
History
[edit]During the Second World War, a Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster Bomber was forced to crash land near Cirey-sur-Vezouze after a bombing raid on Stuttgart. Three of the crew were killed in the crash landing with a further two airmen (including Flight Sergeant Fordham) being apprehended, taken into the nearby forest and summarily executed by German forces. Three war graves lay in Cirey-sur-Vezouze's graveyard[citation needed], with the shallow graves in the forest being discovered and exhumed by a team led by Major Eric Barksworth.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Lewis. SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra-Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals (Quercus, London (2015)).
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