France
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Marne–Rhine Canal
The Canal de la Marne au Rhin (, ''Marne–Rhine Canal'') is a canal in north-eastern France. It connects the river Marne and the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne in Vitry-le-François with the port of Strasbourg on the Rhine. The original o ...
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Vitry-le-François station
Vitry-le-François station ( French: ''Gare de Vitry-le-François'') is a railway station serving the town Vitry-le-François, Marne department, eastern France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Weste ...
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,
, which in 1544 had been entirely destroyed as part of the backwash from the king's
Italian War of 1542–46
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. The new Vitry was to be a modern city, constructed according to a plan produced by
Girolamo Marini Girolamo may refer to:
* Girolamo (given name)
* Girolamo (surname)
See also
* San Girolamo (disambiguation) San Girolamo may refer to:
* San Girolamo, Italian for Saint Jerome
Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of S ...
. 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
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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
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard (; 21 June 1763 – 2 September 1845) was a French statesman and philosopher, leader of the Doctrinaires group during the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830).
Biography Early life
He was born at Sompuis, near Vitry-le-F ...
(1763–1845), the politician and philosopher, a native of the district.
Tauberbischofsheim
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Guy Georges
Guy Georges (born Guy Rampillon, 15 October 1962) is a French serial killer and serial rapist, dubbed ("the East Paris killer") or the Beast of the Bastille (). He was convicted on 5 April 2001, of murdering seven women between 1991 and 1997. He ...
Abraham de Moivre
Abraham de Moivre FRS (; 26 May 166727 November 1754) was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, a formula that links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory.
He move ...
(1667–1754), mathematician
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Étienne-Gabriel Morelly
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(1717–1778), proto-communist philosopher
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Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry
Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry (; died 1105) was a French Talmudist of the 11th and 12th centuries, pupil of Rashi, and the compiler of ''Machzor Vitry''. He lived in Vitry-le-François.
''Machzor Vitry''
''Machzor Vitry'' contains decisions and ru ...
(fl. c. 1100), Talmudist
Climate
See also
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Communes of the Marne department
The following is a list of the 610 communes in the French department of Marne.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Champagne Riots
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French wine
French wine is produced throughout all of France in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles. France is one of the largest wine producers in the world. French wine traces its history to th ...