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Saint-Dizier

Field	Value
name	Saint-Dizier
commune status	Subprefecture and commune
image	Saint-Dizier Eglise Notre-Dame 200908.jpg
caption	The Notre-Dame church in Saint-Dizier
image coat of arms	52448 - Blason - Saint-Dizier.png
arrondissement	Saint-Dizier
canton	Saint-Dizier-1, 2 and 3
INSEE	52448
postal code	52100
mayor	Quentin Briere
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CA Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées
coordinates
elevation m	146
area km2	47.69
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = 52448 - Blason - Saint-Dizier.png

Saint-Dizier () is a subprefecture of the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

It has a population of 23,382 (2018 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.

Geography

Located approximately 120 mi east of Paris, halfway to Strasbourg, it is five miles from Western Europe's largest man-made lake, Lake Der-Chantecoq.

Climate

The climate in Saint-Dizier is oceanic according to the Köppen climate classification (Cfb code). However, far from any ocean or sea, Saint-Dizier experiences continental climate characteristics resulting in cold winters with freezing nights and cool days with temperatures staying in the single digits and warm to hot summers with frequent thunderstorms.

|Jan record high C = 17.7 |Feb record high C = 22.6 |Mar record high C = 27.1 |Apr record high C = 29.4 |May record high C = 33.1 |Jun record high C = 38.1 |Jul record high C = 41.4 |Aug record high C = 40.4 |Sep record high C = 35.5 |Oct record high C = 30.3 |Nov record high C = 23.4 |Dec record high C = 18.6 |Jan record low C = -20.5 |Feb record low C = -22.5 |Mar record low C = -13.6 |Apr record low C = -6.0 |May record low C = -3.0 |Jun record low C = 2.2 |Jul record low C = 3.2 |Aug record low C = 3.7 |Sep record low C = -0.2 |Oct record low C = -5.1 |Nov record low C = -11.7 |Dec record low C = -17.3 |access-date=21 November 2024}} | access-date = January 4, 2016}}

History

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 center. 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.

Population

| graph-pos = bottom |1793 |5500 |1800 |5824 |1806 |5614 |1821 |5817 |1831 |6163 |1836 |6366 |1841 |5705 |1846 |7136 |1851 |7429 |1856 |7642 |1861 |8077 |1866 |10170 |1872 |11229 |1876 |12754 |1881 |12773 |1886 |13458 |1891 |13372 |1896 |13947 |1901 |14601 |1906 |14661 |1911 |16019 |1921 |17576 |1926 |19019 |1931 |18292 |1936 |19149 |1946 |19532 |1954 |25515 |1962 |34407 |1968 |36616 |1975 |37266 |1982 |35189 |1990 |33552 |1999 |30900 |2007 |26962 |2012 |25280 |2017 |24012

Notable people

Saint-Dizier is the birthplace of

Baroque-era musicologist André Pirro
Organist André Isoir
Conductor Jean-Paul Penin
Physicist and materials scientist Christian Janot
Former world middleweight boxing champion Marcel Thil. A street is named in his honor
Judoka and Olympic gold medalist Axel Clerget

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/52448-saint-dizier INSEE commune file]
{{Cassini-Ehess. 31223. Saint-Dizier
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-52448#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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