Mars-la-Tour
Mars-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [maʁs la tuʁ]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.
Former railway station of Mars-la-Tour, ca. 1900. 
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. On 30 August 1919 the station witnessed a minor accident when a freight train collided with a train full of coal, killing one train's conductor. The station no longer exists, however.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Jacquin, Mars-la-Tour (série: Monographies communales de Meurthe-et-Moselle, no. 349), 1888, collection Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy, pp. 230, 232. [1]
- ^ Le Figaro du 31 août 1919, p. 2.
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