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Vitry-le-François

Vitry-le-François (French pronunciation: [vitʁi fʁɑ̃swa] ) is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. It is located on the river Marne and is the western terminus of the Marne–Rhine Canal. Vitry-le-François station has rail connections to Paris, Reims, Strasbourg, Metz, Dijon and several regional destinations.

History

The present town is a relatively recent construction, having been built in 1545 at the behest of King Francis who wished to replace, on a new site, Vitry-en-Perthois, which in 1544 had been entirely destroyed as part of the backwash from the king's Italian War of 1542–46. The new Vitry was to be a modern city, constructed according to a plan produced by Girolamo Marini. The king's role in its creation resulted in Vitry-le-François receiving the king's name as part of its own name.

At the beginning of World War I in August 1914, Joseph Joffre established the Grand Quartier Général at the Place Royer-Collard.

In 1961, a terrorist attack took place on a train going between Strasbourg and Paris.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 7,385—    
1800 6,925−0.91%
1806 7,194+0.64%
1821 6,909−0.27%
1831 6,976+0.10%
1836 6,822−0.45%
1841 7,749+2.58%
1846 7,412−0.89%
1851 7,795+1.01%
1856 7,151−1.71%
1861 7,263+0.31%
1866 7,431+0.46%
1872 6,898−1.23%
1876 7,616+2.51%
1881 7,760+0.38%
1886 7,670−0.23%
1891 8,022+0.90%
1896 8,400+0.93%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 8,561+0.38%
1906 8,487−0.17%
1911 8,511+0.06%
1921 8,568+0.07%
1926 8,876+0.71%
1931 9,082+0.46%
1936 9,061−0.05%
1946 7,584−1.76%
1954 11,131+4.91%
1962 14,795+3.62%
1968 16,879+2.22%
1975 19,372+1.99%
1982 18,261−0.84%
1990 17,033−0.87%
1999 16,737−0.19%
2007 14,873−1.47%
2012 13,065−2.56%
2017 12,133−1.47%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Features

  • Its church of Notre-Dame is a 17th-century building with fine 18th-century monuments.
  • A convent of the Récollets was later converted to contain the town hall, the court-house, a library and a small museum.
  • There is a bronze statue of Pierre Paul Royer-Collard (1763–1845), the politician and philosopher, a native of the district.

Twin towns

Vitry-le-François is twinned with:

Personalities

Climate

Climate data for Vitry-le-François (Frignicourt) (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1974–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.6
(61.9)
21.1
(70.0)
26.0
(78.8)
29.1
(84.4)
34.0
(93.2)
37.1
(98.8)
41.7
(107.1)
40.3
(104.5)
34.5
(94.1)
29.4
(84.9)
23.3
(73.9)
17.7
(63.9)
41.7
(107.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.5
(43.7)
7.9
(46.2)
12.3
(54.1)
16.3
(61.3)
20.1
(68.2)
23.5
(74.3)
26.1
(79.0)
25.9
(78.6)
21.5
(70.7)
16.3
(61.3)
10.3
(50.5)
7.0
(44.6)
16.1
(61.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 3.7
(38.7)
4.4
(39.9)
7.6
(45.7)
10.7
(51.3)
14.6
(58.3)
17.7
(63.9)
19.9
(67.8)
19.7
(67.5)
15.9
(60.6)
12.0
(53.6)
7.2
(45.0)
4.4
(39.9)
11.5
(52.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.9
(33.6)
0.9
(33.6)
2.9
(37.2)
5.1
(41.2)
9.0
(48.2)
11.9
(53.4)
13.7
(56.7)
13.5
(56.3)
10.2
(50.4)
7.6
(45.7)
4.1
(39.4)
1.7
(35.1)
6.8
(44.2)
Record low °C (°F) −22.0
(−7.6)
−14.8
(5.4)
−11.1
(12.0)
−4.9
(23.2)
−1.5
(29.3)
2.3
(36.1)
5.3
(41.5)
4.1
(39.4)
1.0
(33.8)
−3.9
(25.0)
−10.7
(12.7)
−16.0
(3.2)
−22.0
(−7.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 55.9
(2.20)
51.3
(2.02)
50.5
(1.99)
47.1
(1.85)
62.1
(2.44)
53.3
(2.10)
59.0
(2.32)
58.9
(2.32)
57.3
(2.26)
65.5
(2.58)
60.0
(2.36)
73.7
(2.90)
694.6
(27.35)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 11.2 10.4 10.1 8.7 10.1 9.2 8.2 7.7 8.2 10.3 11.2 12.3 117.7
Source: Meteociel

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vitry-le-François, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vitry-le-François". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 151.
  7. ^ "Normales et records pour Frignicourt (51)". Meteociel. Retrieved 21 November 2024.