Mars-la-Tour | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Mars-la-Tour 54.svg |
Arrondissement: | Briey |
Canton: | Jarny |
Insee: | 54353 |
Postal Code: | 54800 |
Mayor: | Roger dalla Costa[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 49.0997°N 5.8867°W |
Elevation M: | 239 |
Elevation Min M: | 197 |
Elevation Max M: | 263 |
Area Km2: | 12.64 |
Mars-la-Tour (in French pronounced as /maʁs la tuʁ/) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.
The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-la-Tour.
The railway line between Longuyon and Pogny reached Mars-la-Tour in 1876, at which time a small train station was built.[2] On August 30, 1919, the station witnessed a small accident when a freight train collided with a train full of coal, killing one train's conductor.[3] The station no longer exists, however.