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Vitry-le-François
Grand Esttown
Vitry-le-François
Total population
11,454
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Sister cities
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Vitry-le-François is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. It is located on the river Marne and is the western terminus of the Marne–Rhine Canal. Vitry-le-François station has rail connections to Paris, Reims, Strasbourg, Metz, Dijon and several regional destinations.
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History
The present town is a relatively recent construction, having been built in 1545 at the behest of King Francis who wished to replace Vitry-en-Perthois on a new site 2.5 miles to the South-West, which had been entirely destroyed in 1544 by the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V during the Italian War of 1542–46. The new Vitry was to be a modern city, constructed according to a plan produced by Girolamo Marini. The king's role in its creation resulted in Vitry-le-François receiving the king's name as part of its own name. At the beginning of World War I in August 1914, Joseph Joffre established the Grand Quartier Général at the Place Royer-Collard. In 1961, a terrorist attack took place on a train going between Strasbourg and Paris.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia18,849
- Noctule BatNyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia4,223
- Common CraneGrus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,712
- Lesser noctuleNyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) · Mammalia984
- Mute SwanCygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves883
- Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves849
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves827
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves727
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.5 — 2005-07-22France
- M 2.5 — 2005-06-286 km SSE of Liffol-le-Grand, France
- M 2.5 — 2002-07-237 km S of Neufchâteau, France
- M 2.5 — 2002-06-286 km S of Neufchâteau, France
- M 2.5 — 2002-04-0211 km SW of Colombey-les-Belles, France
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Vitry-le-François
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 51649
- Department
- 51
- Region
- 44
- Population (Wikidata)
- 10,996
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr