Wassy Explained

Wassy
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Wassy.svg
Arrondissement:Saint-Dizier
Canton:Wassy
Insee:52550
Postal Code:52130
Mayor:Jean-Alain Charpentier[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Saint-Dizier Der et Blaise
Coordinates:48.4994°N 4.9486°W
Elevation M:172
Elevation Min M:154
Elevation Max M:224
Area Km2:33.82

Wassy (in French pronounced as /vasi/) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. Its population, as of 2019, is 2,819. Wassy has been twinned with the German town of Eppingen in north-west Baden-Württemberg since 1967.[2]

History

On 1 March 1562, a faction of armed soldiers under Francis, Duke of Guise attacked and killed worshippers at a Huguenot service, called the Massacre of Wassy, which marked the start of the First War of Religion in France.[3]

Geography

The river Blaise flows through the commune.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. Web site: Eppingen und Wassy feierten das 50-jährige Bestehen der Städtepartnerschaft. www.eppingen.de . 29 July 2022 .
  3. http://museeprotestant.org/en/notice/the-protestant-museum-in-the-wassy-barn/ The protestant Museum in the Wassy barn