Mars-la-Tour explained

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.

History

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022. fr.
  2. Jacquin, Mars-la-Tour (série: Monographies communales de Meurthe-et-Moselle, no. 349), 1888, collection Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy, pp. 230, 232. https://galeries.limedia.fr/ark:/31124/d2dmz19twclwb56h/p1
  3. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2922450/f2.image.r=collision.langFR Le Figaro du 31 août 1919, .